The White House has advanced a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” offering preferential access to certain federal funds and benefits to universities that accept a slate of ...

L ast week, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to nine leading universities proposing a new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” between America and its universities. As ...

In the first nine months of his second term, President Donald Trump has cut off billions of dollars of federal assistance for research, including for vital medical research. Federal district courts in ...

A walkway on Brown University’s campus in Providence, R.I., on March 17, 2025. Reporter The Israelis freed in the Gaza hostage deal, what to know about Trump’s funding ‘compact’ for colleges, and more ...

Mr. Chemerinsky is the dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley. On Wednesday, the Trump administration sent letters to nine major universities proposing a “compact.” As The ...

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis listens to activist and New College of Florida trustee Christopher Rufo before a Bill signing on New College's Campus. New College has said it wants to sign the Trump ...