Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud said the university would not sign President Donald Trump’s higher education compact in its “current form.”

The “ Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education ” was sent to nine colleges and universities on Oct. 1. It offers universities preferential treatment for funding, student visa approvals and tax breaks if they agree to certain conditions.

Among the conditions: race, gender and financial status will not be considered during admissions; institutions will not belittle conservative ideologies; and schools, including professors, will remain publicly neutral on political events.

None of the nine original universities or colleges signed the compact. On Oct. 14, Trump opened the compact to all higher education institutions. Several

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