Dartmouth College has rejected a compact with the Trump administration, saying it will not trade academic freedom for preferential access to federal funding. The college had until Monday to make its decision.

“I do not believe that the involvement of the government through a compact—whether it is a Republican- or Democratic-led White House—is the right way to focus America’s leading colleges and universities on their teaching and research mission,” Dartmouth President Sian Beilock said in a statement released Saturday.

She told the administration she welcomes “further engagement around how we can (a) enhance the long-standing partnership between the federal government and this country’s leading research universities and (b) ensure that higher education stays focused on academic exc

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