New College of Florida may soon be the first public university in the country to sign President Donald Trump’s higher education agreement.

The compact offers preferential tax benefits and funding to schools that agree to follow the Trump administration’s policies on free speech, hiring, institutional neutrality and other university topics.

The Trump administration originally invited nine top universities to sign the pledge, and it opened to all universities to sign in mid-October, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Brown University, Dartmouth College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the universities of Virginia, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Southern California all rejected the compact.

Several of the compact’s principles already reflect what New College has done

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