The University of Virginia and the Trump administration are close to striking a deal that would end a monthslong standoff that included the ouster of the school’s president in June, according to five people briefed on the matter.

The White House was reviewing the terms of the deal on Tuesday, the people said.

A settlement would be the first time a public university has cut a far-reaching deal with the Trump administration as part of the White House’s extraordinary pressure campaign to shift the ideological tilt of the higher education system. In recent months, the government has finalized similar agreements with Brown University, Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, all private institutions.

Among the terms reached in the past week, the University of Virginia would no

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