Brown University has rebuffed the latest overture from the Trump administration to accept new conditions for federal funding outlined as a Compact for Excellence in Higher Education.

“I am concerned that the Compact by its nature and by various provisions would restrict academic freedom and undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission,” wrote Brown President Christina H. Paxson in a letter to federal officials .

The compact, proposed Oct. 1, offers Brown certain “funding advantages” in exchange for some major concessions. Among them, Brown would agree to freeze tuition for five years, cap international undergraduate enrollment at 15%, stop grade inflation, make SATs mandatory, and ban using race as a consideration in adm

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