The Trump administration has sent letters to nine universities demanding that the schools pledge their support for President Donald Trump’s political agenda if they want to keep their federal funding.
The demands came in the form of a 10-page ‘compact’ that The New York Times reports “serves as a sort of priority statement for the administration’s educational goals“.
The compact requires the schools to freeze tuition for five years, restrict enrolment for international students, and adhere to definitions of gender approved by the administration.
Schools would also be required to prohibit the implementation of any policies that would “punish, belittle and even spark violence against conservative ideas.”
According to a letter signed by senior administration officials including Education