(The Hill) -- New College of Florida, which saw a conservative takeover under the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), on Monday became the first school to agree to the Trump administration’s funding compact offering that gives preferential treatment in government grants.

The administration had originally sent the agreement to nine schools, including Dartmouth College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brown University, but none of those institutions were willing to publicly sign on, citing dangers to their academic independence and, in some cases, philosophical disagreements.

But a New College press release says it “will happily be the first college in America to formally embrace and sign President [Donald] Trump’s vision for higher education.”

“As other colleges have r

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