The University of Pennsylvania did provide feedback on the proposed compact but declined to share it with Inside Higher Ed .

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The University of Pennsylvania has refused to sign the Trump administration’s “ Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education ,” making it the third of the nine initial institutions that were presented the deal to publicly turn it down. No institution has agreed to sign so far.

“Earlier today, I informed the U.S. Department of Education that Penn respectfully declines to sign the proposed Compact,” President J. Larry Jameson wrote in a message to the Penn community Thursday, adding that his university did provide feedback to the department on the proposal.

Penn spokespeople didn't say Thursday whether

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