(The Center Square) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology refused to sign the White House agreement that would grant federal funds linked to the administration's demands.

The Trump administration proposed a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” to nine universities. The agreement offers special access to federal funding in exchange for commitments to eliminate racial discrimination in admissions and freeze tuition rates for the next five years, among other things.

The nine universities in

The compact states the universities are not required to sign the document, but would lose federal grants if they didn't.

MIT is the first university to refuse the demands. In a letter to the Education Secretary Linda McMahon, MIT President Sally Kornbluth announced the decisi

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