Trump Asked Universities to Sign a Compact. Some See a Trap.

Trump officials want universities to sign on to conservative priorities to get special treatment. Some in higher education say agreeing would end academic freedom.

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Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

Demands sent to nine top schools included pledging to freeze tuition for five years and to commit to strict definitions of gender.

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International Student Enrollments Stay Steady at Columbia and Princeton

But Black student enrollment is lower at the two universities after years of turmoil in elite higher education.

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Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups

The firm, which represents opponents of offshore wind, said it would complain to Brown’s federal and private funding sources.

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Trump Wants Universities to Show Him the Money, or No Deal

President Trump has personally stipulated that hefty financial penalties be part of agreements his administration is negotiating with the elite universities. Critics call it extortion.

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Harvard Nears a Deal With the Trump Administration to Restore Funding

A potential $500 million settlement would end a monthslong battle that pitted the nation’s wealthiest school against the Trump administration’s extraordinary crackdown on higher education.

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The Harvard-Trained Lawyer Behind Trump’s Fight Against Top Universities

May Mailman is credited as an animating force behind a strategy that has intimidated independent institutions and undercut years of medical and scientific research.

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A Diner Gets a Second Life in Front of the Camera

The former restaurant in Williamsburg will be moved to a studio for film and TV production at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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Columbia and Brown to Disclose Admissions and Race Data in Trump Deal

A widely overlooked part of a settlement with the two universities could profoundly alter how elite schools determine who gets accepted.

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Is There a Smart Way to Cede Power to Donald Trump?

Three Opinion writers debate whether universities should make a deal with the administration.

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