"The pact requires universities to cap enrollment of international students, commit to strict definitions of gender, freeze tuition for five years, conductmerit-based faculty hiring, and ban race and gender in admissions decisions. Several of the schools the Trump administration approached about the compact previously had funding disputes over changes in their research policy or DEI initiatives. Agreeing to the pact would have given the universities priority for grants and invitations to White House events."
"Driving the news: The University of Arizona, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California and the University of Virginia have all rejected the compact."
"MIT's values and practices "meet or exceed many standards outlined in the document you sent," the university's president, Sally Kornbluth, wrote in a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Oct. 10. On Monday, Suresh Garimella, the University of Arizona's president, wrote in a letter: "We seek no special treatment and believe in our ability to compete for federally funded research strictly on merit.""
The compact proposes caps on international student enrollment, strict definitions of gender, a five-year tuition freeze, merit-based faculty hiring, and bans on race and gender in admissions. Acceptance of the compact would have provided participating universities priority for federal grants and invitations to White House events. Multiple prominent universities publicly rejected the compact, and some institutions previously had funding disputes tied to research policy changes or DEI initiatives. Vanderbilt indicated it will continue to engage and said research awards should be based on merit, while the University of Texas suggested it might be open to signing.
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