The United States government has directed nine prominent universities to comply with a set of new requirements to receive “preferential access” to federal funding. The move, detailed in a memo titled “A Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”, comes as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to restrict the role of race and sex in university admissions and faculty hiring. Nine US universities were asked to cut foreign enrollment and ensure that departments do not “belittle” conservative ideas, as conditions for maintaining federal support. The White House has not publicly explained why these nine institutions were selected. Among the ten points outlined in the memorandum, the most consequential mandates that universities must disregard race and sex when admi

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