Intellectual freedom is a key component of our constitutional republic where democratic thinking and citizenship are strengthened from free speech and access to knowledge. It leads to diverse ...

A bill directing regent institutions to sign the proposed federal Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education and include effective date provisions was advanced to committee Wednesday. The ...

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A bill requiring state universities to join an educational compact created by President Donald Trump and his administration ...

The Trump administration recently announced a new "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." The "deal" was initially offered to nine universities, and of those MIT and Brown have already ...

University of Virginia interim President Paul Mahoney announced on Friday that UVA was declining to sign on to the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, becoming ...

On December 15, five conservative higher education thinkers discussed the Trump administration’s October 2025 Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, framing it as a catalyst for an ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was the first university to reject President Trump ...

In October 2025, the Trump administration issued its Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. Initially sent to nine selective institutions, the compact featured eight priorities related ...

UA formally declined to sign the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence as written, saying it conflicts with the university’s core academic values. President Suresh Garimella announced ...

America’s universities—“crown jewels of the American system”—once represented the best aspects of the American character, including equal treatment, meritocracy, free speech, openness to debate, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The five universities that were still weighing President Donald Trump's higher-education compact were asked to join a White House call Friday to discuss the proposed deal. By late ...