""Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education," Kornbluth said in a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon and White House officials."
"The White House billed as providing "multiple positive benefits," including "substantial and meaningful federal grants.""
"The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she "cannot support" a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump's political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding."
MIT cannot support a White House proposal that asks MIT and nine other universities to adopt President Donald Trump's political agenda in exchange for favorable federal funding. MIT finds provisions in the proposal that would limit free speech and undermine university independence. MIT regards scientific funding as a merit-based process and views the proposal as inconsistent with that principle. The higher education compact calls for commitments on admissions, women's sports, free speech, and student discipline. Universities were asked to provide limited feedback by Oct. 20 and to decide by Nov. 21. Invitees included Vanderbilt, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, USC, University of Arizona, Brown, and the University of Texas at Austin.
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