"It asks the schools to accept the government's priorities on admissions, women's sports, free speech, student discipline and college affordability, among other topics. Signing on would give universities priority access to some federal grants, but government money would not be limited solely to those schools, according to a White House official who was not authorized to publicly discuss the plan and spoke on condition of anonymity."
"The compact, obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, asks universities to accept the government's definition of gender and apply it to campus bathrooms, locker rooms and women's sports teams. It asks colleges to stop considering race, gender and a wide range of other student demographics in the admissions process and to require undergraduate applicants to take the SAT or ACT. Colleges that agree would also have priority access to White House events and discussions with officials."
"The 10-page proposed agreement was sent Wednesday to some of the most selective public and private universities: Vanderbilt, the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas, the University of Arizona, Brown University, and the University of Virginia. It was not clear how these schools were selected or why, and whether similar offers might go out to other colleges."
The White House sent a proposed 10-page "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" to nine major universities requesting adoption of administration priorities. The compact seeks acceptance of federal definitions of gender for campus bathrooms, locker rooms, and women's sports and asks colleges to stop considering race, gender, and various student demographics in admissions while requiring SAT or ACT scores. Signing would grant priority access to certain federal grants and White House events, though federal funding would not be exclusively limited to signatories. The proposal targeted selective public and private institutions, and the selection criteria were not made clear.
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