"On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration had offered nine schools a deal: manage your universities in a way that aligns with administration priorities and get "substantial and meaningful federal grants," along with other benefits. Failure to accept the bargain would result in a withdrawal of federal programs that would likely cripple most universities. The offer, sent to a mixture of state and private universities, would see the government dictate everything from hiring and admissions standards to grading"
"Ars has obtained a copy of the proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," which makes the scope of the bargain clear in its introduction. "Institutions of higher education are free to develop models and values other than those below, if the institution elects to forego federal benefits," it suggests, while mentioning that those benefits include access to fundamental needs, like student loans, federal contracts, research funding, tax benefits, and immigration visas for students and faculty."
The administration offered universities an ultimatum tying access to federal benefits to adoption of a formal Compact that aligns campus governance with administration priorities. Acceptance would secure substantial federal grants and continued access to student loans, research funding, federal contracts, tax benefits, and immigration visas. Refusal would risk withdrawal of those programs, likely crippling universities. The Compact would permit federal influence over admissions, hiring, grading, and curricular matters and includes provisions aimed at increasing conservative viewpoints on campus. The Compact initially targeted nine named institutions but appears likely to be extended to all colleges and universities.
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