The University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University and University of Pennsylvania declined an offer for expanded access to federal funding from President Donald Trump’s administration, according to a CNN report.
Accepting the offer to join the compact would come with strings attached, such as removing gender and ethnicity in admissions and capping international student enrollment.
Nine universities received the White House’s offer at the beginning of October, and four schools have rejected the offer.
The letters were sent to a mix of public and private schools including Vanderbilt University, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Texas at Austin, University of Arizona, Brown University and University of Virginia.
