"President Donald Trump's war on academia continued this week with letters pressuring the leaders of top universities across the United States to sign his "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" for priority access to federal funding and other "positive benefits.""
"The New York Times reported that "letters were sent on Wednesday to the University of Arizona, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Virginia.""
"The compact, published by the Washington Examiner, states that "no factor such as sex, ethnicity, race, nationality, political views, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious associations, or proxies for any of those factors shall be considered, explicitly or implicitly, in any decision related to undergraduate or graduate student admissions or financial support, with due exceptions for institutions that are solely or primarily comprised of students of a specific sex or religious denomination.""
Letters were sent to leaders of major U.S. universities urging them to sign a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" in exchange for priority federal research funding and other benefits. The letters were signed by Education Secretary Linda McMahon and two White House officials and urged campus leaders to pledge support for President Trump's political agenda to help ensure access to federal research funds. The compact prohibits consideration of sex, ethnicity, race, nationality, political views, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious associations, or proxies in admissions and financial support, with specified exceptions. Signatories commit to revising governance structures as necessary to create such an environment.
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