Professors at Vanderbilt University have recommended against an agreement calling for the university to comply with directives from the Trump administration in exchange for favor in receiving federal grants.

Vanderbilt is among nine universities asked to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” Those who enter into the agreement are promised preferential access to student loans, research funding and approval of student visas.

The costs for these benefits, however, is too high according to Vanderbilt’s faculty senate.

“It called a special meeting yesterday in which a resolution urging the administration to reject the compact was discussed and adopted by a pretty resounding margin,” Bruce Barry, Vanderbilt professor, said while appearing on WPLN’s This is Nashville.

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