White House offers funding advantage to colleges that sign ‘Compact for Academic Excellence’

The White House issued a proposal on Wednesday promising leading universities special treatment if they agree to comply with several terms from the Trump administration. 

Washington sent letters outlining the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” to nine schools. If they agree to sign the 10-point compact, the universities could be given priority for “multiple positive benefits,” including invitations to White House events, talks with officials, and “substantial” federal grants when possible. 

The letters were sent on Wednesday evening to Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Arizona, Brown University, and the University of Virginia, officials told the Wall Street Journal. University officials who sign the

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