Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment.

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Brown University on Wednesday rejected a White House proposal to steer public money toward schools that aligned with President Trump’s priorities, defying the federal government it had negotiated with over the summer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/brown-university-trump-compact-funding.html

Brown was the second university to rebuff the government’s proposal of so-called compact, after M.I.T. did so last week. But Brown’s decision was likely to carry extraordinary weight in higher education because it had previously reached a settlement with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding.

“I am concerned that the compact by its nature and by various provisions would restrict academic freedom and undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission,” the university’s president, Christina H. Paxson, told Trump administration officials in a letter on Wednesday.

One more step to maintain Academic Freedom. Brown joins M.I.T. in fighting against 47's attempt to limit scientific freedom.

 

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Brown University on Wednesday rejected a White House proposal to steer public money toward schools that aligned with President Trump’s priorities, defying the federal government it had negotiated with over the summer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/brown-university-trump-compact-funding.html

rown was the second university to rebuff the government’s proposal of so-called compact, after M.I.T. did so last week. But Brown’s decision was likely to carry extraordinary weight in higher education because it had previously reached a settlement with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding.

“I am concerned that the compact by its nature and by various provisions would restrict academic freedom and undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission,” the university’s president, Christina H. Paxson, told Trump administration officials in a letter on Wednesday.

One more step to maintain Academic Freedom. Brown joins M.I.T.in fighting against 47's attempt to limit scientific freedom.

Good. Win-win.

 

[0311]

Brown University on Wednesday rejected a White House proposal to steer public money toward schools that aligned with President Trump’s priorities, defying the federal government it had negotiated with over the summer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/brown-university-trump-compact-funding.html

Brown was the second university to rebuff the government’s proposal of so-called compact, after M.I.T. did so last week. But Brown’s decision was likely to carry extraordinary weight in higher education because it had previously reached a settlement with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding.

“I am concerned that the compact by its nature and by various provisions would restrict academic freedom and undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission,” the university’s president, Christina H. Paxson, told Trump administration officials in a letter on Wednesday.

One more step to maintain Academic Freedom. Brown joins M.I.T. in fighting against 47's attempt to limit scientific freedom.

Oh Just Quit automatically calls everything I post a lie. He hates the truth.