A plan under development by the White House could see colleges and universities that pledge to adhere to the values and policies of the Trump administration at a competitive advantage for research grants, according to reporting by The Washington Post.

The new plan represents a major shift away from a wave of investigations and punishments aimed at individual schools and toward an effort to bring large groups of colleges into compliance with Trump policies at once, the outlet reported.

Universities could be asked to affirm that admissions and hiring decisions are based on merit rather than racial or ethnic background or other factors, that specific factors are taken into account when considering foreign student applications, and that college costs are not out of line with the value stude

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