The White House Sent Its Compact to 9 Universities. Here’s What Their Administrators and Faculty Are Saying.

October 09, 2025 1 min read

Claire Murphy and Brock Read
Chronicle of Higher Education 

Excerpt: Nine universities are currently weighing whether to adopt the Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which would require them to make a wide-ranging series of commitments to uphold admissions and hiring practices, foster “viewpoint diversity,” and cap international enrollment, among other items.

The letter set an October 20 deadline for “limited, targeted feedback” on the compact, leaving university leaders scrambling to evaluate its terms. The Chronicle is documenting official university responses to the document, along with faculty statements, as they are made public.

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