President Donald Trump is looking to finalize an agreement with universities after sparring with them for months over research funding and antisemitism on campuses, but his plan includes major changes to the way higher education operates leading to pushback.

Trump put forward a plan called “ Compact for Academic Excellence in High Education ,” outlining 10 requirements universities must reach to receive federal funding. If they develop other “models and values” than those listed in the plan, “the institution elects to forego federal benefits,”

The compact was sent to nine top universities as a kind of trial run. These universities have until Oct. 20 to give “limited, targeted feedback,” and they have until Nov. 21 for execution of the terms.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology was t

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