Eduardo M. Peñalver, now president of Seattle University and former dean of Cornell Law School, has been selected as the 49th president of Georgetown University.
The deal offerings preferential treatment in exchange for capping tuition rates, restricting international enrollment and ending DEI programs, among other concessions.
All schools can now sign on to a higher ed compact, which offers preferential funding treatment in exchange for compliance with components of President Donald Trump's agenda.
The Department of Education implores these universities to return to standardized testing, limit international students and freeze tuition for five years.
Several universities across the U.S. issued shelter-in-place alerts on the first day of fall classes after reports of armed individuals on campus. Police later determined most were hoaxes or “swatting” calls—using temporary numbers and voice-masking apps—with no evidence of gunmen or violence found.
