Trump admin asks 9 colleges, including USC, to commit to his political agenda for favorable access to federal funds

In a letter to nine of the top public and private colleges across the country, the Trump administration is asking these institutions to sign on to support the president’s vision for higher education in order to gain priority access to federal funding.

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The Trump administration has asked nine higher education institutions to sign on to support the president’s vision for higher education in order to gain priority access to federal funding

The schools — which include the University of Arizona, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Texas, and the University of Virginia, and Vanderbilt University — were sent copies of the administration’s “Compact for Academ