More universities are signaling opposition to the Trump administration’s compact for higher education, which would require institutions to make changes to their policies and practices in order to ...

Monday is the deadline for a handful of universities to agree to a list of commitments that align with the Trump administration's political priorities, in exchange for preferential access to federal ...

A sign in front of some cacti marks one of the entrances to the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. A sign in front of some cacti marks one of the entrances to the University of Arizona in ...

A walkway on Brown University’s campus in Providence, R.I., on March 17, 2025. Reporter The Israelis freed in the Gaza hostage deal, what to know about Trump’s funding ‘compact’ for colleges, and more ...

One of the two, Vanderbilt University, signaled it had reservations. By Alan Blinder Seven of the nine universities that the White House initially approached about a plan to steer more federal money ...

The battle for academic freedom and institutional sovereignty in higher education continues to play out as another university has rejected a White House offer for expanded access to federal funding in ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology turned down the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” on Friday, according to multiple reports, becoming the first ...