Gov. Gavin Newsom warned California’s university leaders Thursday that schools will lose billions in state funding if they cave to President Donald Trump’s demands.

Newsom’s warning comes in response to the Trump administration asking nine universities across the country to sign a compact mandating certain changes in exchange for additional federal funding.

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First reported by the Washington Post and confirmed by The Wall Street Journal Thursday, the proposal — a 10-point memo referred to as the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” — reflects a new tactic from the administration, which had previously used investigations and threats to cut schools’ funding as a way to force universities to comply with the Trump administration’s priorities.

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