PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Trump administration has asked Brown University and eight other schools to sign a memo which would overhaul admissions, hiring, and campus speech policies in exchange for federal funding benefits.
The "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," issued Wednesday night by White House officials, outlines restrictions on how universities handle financial aid, tuition, foreign enrollment, and political expression.
According to the Associated Press, the 10-page document was sent to the following schools: Brown University, Dartmouth College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt University, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas, the University of Arizona, and the University of Virgi