The Trump administration’s proposed compact contains multiple provisions that could backfire on institutions.

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The nine universities that were sent the Trump administration’s new deal for higher ed are under increasing pressure to reject the compact.

Multiple major associations representing institutions and faculty have urged them not to sign it. California governor Gavin Newsom has said the University of Southern California and any other university in his state that signs will “instantly” lose billions of state dollars. Faculty groups at the University of Virginia, another institution presented with the compact, overwhelmingly urged university leaders t

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