Overview

• In a Truth Social post on Sunday, the president urged institutions to enter a federal agreement that conditions higher-education funding on adopting a 10-point set of policies.
• The administration has not detailed a universal signing process, Bloomberg later reported the post served as an invitation, and no university has publicly accepted the offer as of Tuesday.
• MIT has already declined the draft sent earlier to nine selective universities, and the remaining eight were asked to submit feedback by Oct. 20.
• Reported provisions include a five-year tuition freeze, mandatory SAT/ACT testing, limits on international undergraduate enrollment, bans on considering race or sex in admissions and hiring, adoption of a government-aligned gender definition, and a clause requiring return of "all monies advanced" in any year of violation.
• National associations and faculty warn of legal and academic-freedom risks, while state and system leaders diverge, with Iowa lawmakers urging participation, the University of Texas System reviewing the document, and California’s governor threatening state funding cuts for any campus that signs.