Overview

• Brown will pay $50 million over ten years to Rhode Island workforce development organizations as part of a voluntary agreement that lifts a freeze on about $510 million in research grants
• The deal resolves three outstanding federal reviews into Brown’s compliance with nondiscrimination obligations sparked by allegations of campus antisemitism
• Brown must adopt the administration’s definitions of “male” and “female,” ban gender-affirming surgeries for minors and refrain from prescribing puberty blockers
• The agreement requires Brown to share admissions data with the Department of Education and conduct a campus climate survey with results reported to federal officials
• Harvard remains in talks on a similar settlement, with other elite institutions expected to face comparable demands to regain frozen research funding