US EditionUniversity Of Pennsylvania Refuses Trump’s Funding Deal—Third School To Reject Compact
The University of Pennsylvania is the third university to reject the compact due to vague demands on conservative ideas, gender identity, and foreign applicants, with no signatory yet.
- On October 16, 2025, the University of Pennsylvania declined to sign the compact, becoming the third of nine initial invitees to refuse after MIT and Brown University.
- Earlier this month, the Trump administration offered the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education to nine universities, requiring a five-year tuition freeze, a 15% cap on international undergraduate enrollment, SAT requirements, and bans on race and sex in hiring and admissions.
- Penn President J. Larry Jameson wrote, `Earlier today, I informed the U.S. Department of Education that Penn respectfully declines to sign the proposed Compact` after consulting faculty, alumni, and trustees.
- The White House offered funding priority but has not disclosed specific benefits or amounts, and no institution has agreed to sign the compact so far.
- Multiple higher-education organizations have urged campuses to reject the compact, and Penn previously settled with the U.S. Education Department this year to restore frozen federal research funding after a Title IX dispute.
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