Trump’s college compact is meeting a fast, familiar wall of resistance
Universities are rejecting the Trump administration’s higher-ed compact as a threat to academic freedom and institutional control, while supporters cast it as an effort to steer federal funding toward schools that accept the White House’s priorities.
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Trump’s college compact is meeting a fast, familiar wall of resistance
Universities are rejecting the Trump administration’s higher-ed compact as a threat to academic freedom and institutional control, while supporters cast it as an effort to steer federal funding toward schools that accept the White House’s priorities.
Universities are rejecting the Trump administration’s higher-ed compact as a threat to academic freedom and institutional control, while supporters cast it as an effort to steer federal funding toward schools that accept the White House’s priorities.
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