The University of Arizona has become the seventh US university to reject a Trump administration proposal that would grant schools funding priority if they agreed to support the administration’s conservative agenda. The decision follows the administration’s push for nine universities to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which seeks to make sweeping changes to campus culture, hiring …
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University of Arizona declines to sign onto Trump administration 'compact' – Reuters
University of Arizona declines to sign onto Trump administration ‘compact’ Reuters All but 2 Universities Decline a Trump Offer of Preferential Funding The New York Times University of Arizona becomes seventh US college to reject Trump’s ‘compact’ The Guardian As deadline for Trump’s colleges compact looms, schools signal dissent NPR Community message from interim President Paul Mahoney UVA Today Source link
Read More »Can a University From Tennessee Help Accelerate Growth in West Palm Beach? – The New York Times
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Read More »At least 3 injured in shooting at Oklahoma State University
At least three people, including at least one student, have been injured in a shooting at Oklahoma State University’s main campus in Stillwater early Sunday morning, according to police. The university’s police department responded to Carreker East, a three-story residential hall on campus, at around 3:40 a.m. after victims arriving at off-campus locations reported the incident. All of the victims …
Read More »University of Virginia turns down Trump deal for priority federal funding – The Washington Post
University of Virginia turns down Trump deal for priority federal funding The Washington Post University of Virginia Won’t Join White House’s Compact for Colleges The New York Times 5 universities reject White House funding deal with attached demands. Multiple other schools have yet to respond CNN UVA declines invitation to join federal education compact UVA Today University of Pennsylvania declines to sign agreement to …
Read More »University of Virginia Won’t Join White House’s Compact for Colleges – The New York Times
University of Virginia Won’t Join White House’s Compact for Colleges The New York Times 4 universities reject White House funding deal with attached demands. 5 schools yet to respond CNN Academic freedom should not be for sale The Daily Texan Penn, USC join growing list of universities declining Trump’s federal funding deal Politico U.Va. rejects Trump administration Compact for Academic Excellence The Cavalier Daily Source …
Read More »USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right
The University of Southern California on Thursday said that it had rejected the controversial education compact the Trump administration offered it and eight other schools. USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer, which would give priority research funding access to universities …
Read More »Indiana University fires adviser for student newspaper amid censorship dispute
Indiana University has fired its director of student media amid growing tension between the school and the student newspaper over what content was allowed in the print edition. Director of student media Jim Rodenbush, an adviser to the Indiana Daily Student, confirmed to NBC News that he was fired on Tuesday. His firing came hours before the school instructed IDS …
Read More »Brown University rejects Trump administration’s compact – The Hill
Brown University rejects Trump administration’s compact The Hill Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment The New York Times The Logical End Point of Trump’s Higher-Education Agenda The Atlantic Brown University declines to join Trump’s compact WJAR Brown University rejects Trump proposal to overhaul policies for preferential funding The Guardian Source link
Read More »Brown University rejects Trump administration compact
President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 announced that she formally rejected the Trump administration’s compact in a Wednesday letter to the Brown community. The compact, which was sent to the University on Oct. 1, would require Brown to freeze tuition for five years, limit grade inflation and cap international undergraduate enrollment at 15% in exchange for financial and other benefits. Of …
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