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This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was the first university to reject President Trump ...

On December 15, five conservative higher education thinkers discussed the Trump administration’s October 2025 Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, framing it as a catalyst for an ...

The Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education strikes a more conciliatory tone than the Trump administration’s previous exchanges with universities, presenting itself as a method for ...

Seven of the nine universities originally invited to sign the Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” have rejected it, and now President Trump has ...

NEWPORT, R.I. - The 447 incoming students from all six branches of the U.S. armed forces, U.S. federal government agencies and 42 partner and allied nations stand during the U.S. Naval War College's ...

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Only three universities agreed to the higher education compact, which offered benefits in federal funding in exchange for major policy and administrative changes at schools. Alina Naumova/iStock/Getty ...

Higher education advocates say the compact equates to a loyalty oath and infringes on the academic freedoms that are inherent to many universities’ missions. Portland State University is among a ...

The University of Arizona’s decision not to sign the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education as currently written has sparked strong reactions from students on both ...

Rumors of a second Trump administration compact for higher education have been swirling for months. Last week the whispers got a little louder. Some history: When the White House released the “Compact ...

Arizona State University was not asked to join the Trump administration's compact, but has offered federal officials ideas on higher education. The White House proposed a compact to universities ...