"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 Friday afternoon, one of the schools - the University of Virginia - had already declined to sign the agreement. The meeting with university presidents, first reported by The Associated Press, was an "important step toward defining a shared vision," Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a post on X."
"The White House has faced a flurry of rejections after inviting nine universities to become "initial signatories" of the so-called compact, which asked colleges to make commitments aligned with Trump's political priorities in exchange for favorable access to research funding. It was the latest effort by Trump's administration to bring to heel prestigious universities that conservatives describe as hotbeds of liberalism."
Five universities still weighing President Donald Trump's higher-education compact were invited to a White House call Friday to discuss the proposed deal. By late Friday one institution, the University of Virginia, had declined to sign the agreement. Education Secretary Linda McMahon characterized the meeting as an important step and urged renewed commitment to time-honored university principles while signaling continued dialogue and federal funding. The White House received multiple rejections after inviting nine universities to be initial signatories to a compact tying commitments aligned with presidential priorities to preferential research funding access. Several schools had not announced decisions as the Oct. 20 feedback deadline approached.
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