Washington University has declined to sign a Trump administration proposal that would condition access to federal funding on universities’ agreement to scale back DEI programs, limit international enrollment and freeze tuition — even as the university continues discussions with federal officials about the plan’s implications.

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin confirmed in a Wednesday message to faculty that the university “won’t sign the proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education … or any document that undermines our mission or our core values, perhaps highest among these our commitment to academic freedom, access, free expression, and research integrity.”

The statement followed earlier comments in which Martin said WashU had accepted an invitation to “participate constructiv

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