Among other things, Cornell has to share admissions data broken down by race, GPA and standardized-test scores.

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Cornell University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay the government a $30 million settlement—and invest another $30 million in agricultural research—in exchange for having its frozen federal research funding restored.

The agreement, announced Friday , makes Cornell the latest institution to strike a deal with the federal government in an effort to settle investigations into alleged civil rights violations. The settlement follows similar arrangements at the University of Pennsylvania , Columbia University , Brown University and the University of Virginia . Concessions varied by university, with Columbia making the bigg

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