By empowering students to take responsibility for their beliefs, higher education produces citizens who can actively ...

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UVA day of action, Oct. 17, 2025, submitted. Photo by Ian Mullins. After a rally this afternoon with thousands of participants, the University of Virginia has rejected a compact sent by the Trump ...

U.Va. is the fifth of nine universities to reject compact by Trump administration In return for agreeing to political priorities, schools would receive increased access to federal funding Interim ...

Multiple colleges are rejecting a compact the Trump administration sent to nine universities at the beginning of October that guaranteed funding advantages if the institutions agreed to certain policy ...

Monday is the deadline for a handful of universities to agree to a list of commitments that align with the Trump administration’s political priorities, in exchange for preferential access to federal ...

The White House is offering a federal grant preference in exchange for policy changes. The Trump administration's "compact" asks universities to agree to a few deals, and in exchange, receive ...

Seven of nine universities have rejected the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." One interpretation of "compact" suggests an agreement between sovereign entities, while another ...