Only three small schools not initially approached by the Trump administration agreed to sign the restrictive proposal: The ...

The Department of Education will struggle to find broad acceptance of a new iteration of the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education without true partnership with the sector.

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The Trump administration recently announced a new "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." The "deal" was initially offered to nine universities, and of those MIT and Brown have already ...

UA formally declined to sign the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence as written, saying it conflicts with the university’s core academic values. President Suresh Garimella announced ...

University of Virginia interim President Paul Mahoney announced on Friday that UVA was declining to sign on to the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, becoming ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was the first university to reject President Trump ...

On December 15, five conservative higher education thinkers discussed the Trump administration’s October 2025 Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, framing it as a catalyst for an ...

In October 2025, the Trump administration issued its Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. Initially sent to nine selective institutions, the compact featured eight priorities related ...

In an interview with The State Press on Oct. 24, ASU President Michael Crow said "there's no reason to contemplate" signing the White House's higher education proposal. The Compact for Academic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The five universities that were still weighing President Donald Trump's higher-education compact were asked to join a White House call Friday to discuss the proposed deal. By late ...