Overview
- Seven of the nine initially contacted schools—Arizona, Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Penn, USC and Virginia—have publicly declined the offer tying policy commitments to preferential federal funding.
- Vanderbilt said it was providing feedback and continuing dialogue without committing to a decision, while UT Austin signaled openness when the proposal was first circulated.
- The administration expanded outreach to Arizona State University, the University of Kansas and Washington University in St. Louis after early refusals by the original group.
- ASU confirmed it met with White House officials but said it has not received a compact offer, creating uncertainty over its status despite being named in expanded outreach.
- The draft compact includes banning consideration of race and sex in admissions and hiring, capping international undergraduate enrollment at 15%, a five-year tuition freeze, defining gender by biology and restructuring campus units seen as hostile to conservative ideas.