U.S. President Donald Trump attends a rally to mark his a hundredth day in workplace, at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan, U.S., April 29, 2025.
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President Donald Trump’s administration has requested U.S. colleges to signal a deal on sure terms to get preferential entry to federal funds, the Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday, citing a 10-point memo.
An preliminary spherical of 9 faculties was requested to signal the wide-ranging accord, the newspaper reported.
The memo calls for that faculties ban the usage of race or intercourse in hiring and admissions, freeze tuition for 5 years, cap worldwide undergrad enrollment at 15%, require that candidates take the SAT or an analogous check, and quell grade inflation, the report added.
The White House and the U.S. Education Department didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Since taking workplace, Trump has threatened to minimize federal funding for universities over a spread of points reminiscent of pro-Palestinian protests towards U.S. ally Israel’s warfare in Gaza, transgender insurance policies, local weather initiatives and variety, fairness and inclusion applications.
Rights advocates have raised free speech and educational freedom issues over the Trump administration’s actions that they are saying are aimed toward aligning universities with the Republican president’s political agenda. Trump has alleged the schools harbor “anti-American” values.
Letters have been despatched on Wednesday to solicit settlement and suggestions from Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Universities that signal on will get “multiple positive benefits,” together with “substantial and meaningful federal grants,” in accordance to the letter addressed to college leaders that the newspaper quoted.
May Mailman, senior adviser for particular tasks on the White House, informed the newspaper that the Trump administration hoped the colleges would see the step as “reasonable.”