MIT rejects federal funding deal with Trump administration
It would see universities cap foreign admissions, restrict university leaders' comments on political events, and adopt a binary definition of gender.
Brown University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Texas were also approached by the administration to sign the deal.
In a letter to US Education Secretary Linda McMahon, MIT's president Sally Kornbluth said the proposal would "restrict freedom of expression" on campus and was inconsistent with the university's core v
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