How a billionaire Trump ally emerged as the key broker in Harvard fight: NYT 06:18

Trump’s latest attempt to control college campuses hits a snag MIT refused the administration’s offer for priority access to funds in exchange for a laundry list of ideological demands. Here’s why other schools may follow.

Oct. 10, 2025, 5:23 PM EDT

By Ja'han Jones

The Trump administration’s latest effort to exert political control over American colleges and universities appears to have hit a snag as schools weigh the potential pitfalls of acquiescing to the president’s authoritarian power grab.

On Friday, The New York Times reported that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology became the first of the nine schools to reject the Trump administration’s offer to grant priority access to congres

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