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The school, once a progressive college, was remade by Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration. Now, it is the first school to agree to the Trump administration’s list of demands. By Stephanie Saul New ...

The date by which nine colleges were asked to provide feedback to the Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” has passed, but the compact remains a live ...

Multiple colleges are rejecting a compact the Trump administration sent to nine universities at the beginning of October that guaranteed funding advantages if the institutions agreed to certain policy ...

President Trump’s college compact offer has fallen flat. As of Monday’s deadline to get back to the administration, at least six prominent universities have publicly rejected the deal, which offers ...

On Sunday, President Trump told his 10 million followers on Truth Social that, “tragically,” higher education in this country has lost its way, and he touted his administration’s efforts to fix it.

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 ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has rejected the Trump administration’s proposal to sign on to the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which would mandate sweeping changes ...

The White House issued a proposal on Wednesday promising leading universities special treatment if they agree to comply with several terms from the Trump administration. Washington sent letters ...

Trump officials want universities to sign on to conservative priorities to get special treatment. Some in higher education say agreeing would end academic freedom. By Anemona Hartocollis Michael C.

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia, not Africa, a study found. The ...