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Rutgers professors take on Trump admin with mutual defense compact 06:15

Why so many universities are rejecting the White House’s proposed ‘compact’ Team Trump sent several leading U.S. universities a proposed one-sided deal. They’re balking at the offer, and it’s worth understanding why.

Oct. 20, 2025, 2:43 PM EDT

By Steve Benen

Donald Trump and his administration have spent much of the year targeting American higher education in a multifaceted campaign, but the story took an unexpected turn earlier this month when the Republican White House unveiled a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

The document, sent to nine leading U.S. universities, offered the schools a deal of sorts. The institutions would become eligible for preferentia

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