The memo’s key requirement
Historical context
Federal funding shifts
Legal and political implications
Universities affected
University of Arizona
Brown University
Dartmouth College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
University of Texas
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
The United States government has directed nine prominent universities to comply with a set of new requirements to receive “preferential access” to federal funding. The move, detailed in a memo titled “A Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”, comes as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to restrict the role of race and sex in university admissions and faculty
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