The deal offerings preferential treatment in exchange for capping tuition rates, restricting international enrollment and ending DEI programs, among other concessions.
The Department of Education implores these universities to return to standardized testing, limit international students and freeze tuition for five years.
Non-selective schools heavily reliant on international enrollment and already under financial stress could slide into "negative territory," according to Moody's Ratings.
President Donald Trump's push to eliminate TRIO and GEAR UP funding is forcing schools enrolling high proportions of low-income and marginalized students to quickly re-allocate resources.
The Trump administration has terminated over $2.5 billion nationwide in higher education federal research funding since the end of April, leaving some states with around half a billion in losses, according to this database.
During his visit to the University of Alabama, President Trump promised to enforce Title IX to prevent transgender athletes from playing women's sports.
College and Jewish leaders are speaking up against the Trump administration's recent efforts to cancel federal funding for higher education institutions.
Members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance and one other state public land grant university want to pool resources to support any one school facing funding threats from the Trump administration.
The Trump administration's campaign against antisemitism has created a "chilling effect" on Muslims and those protesting the Israel-Hamas war across college campuses, experts on Islamophobia argue.
