Arizona State University met with White House officials last Friday to discuss a proposal that could provide access to future federal funds.
The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” intends to offer certain schools preferential federal funding.
In exchange, the school will need to agree to the conditions set by the Trump White House.
That includes eliminating race and sex from admissions decisions, accepting the federal government’s definition of a “man” and “woman” and ensuring “institutional neutrality” on campus, among other terms.
The Trump administration initially asked nine high-ranking universities to consider this proposal and give their decision by Oct 20.
Ahead of this deadline, Trump officials asked three more universities — Arizona State University, the