Valley Forge Military College wrote to the Education Department asking to sign the compact.

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While seven of the nine universities originally invited to join the Trump administration’s “ Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education ” have formally rejected the agreement, Valley Forge Military College wants to sign on to the proposal, as first reported by Fox News .

President Donald Trump extended the invitation to all colleges after initial rejections from institutions that objected to provisions in the compact that would limit academic freedom.

The compact would require universities to suppress criticism of conservatives on campus, cap international enrollment at 15 percent, freeze tuition, overhaul admissions and hiring

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