White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement

[Anonymous]

Main points:

The memo demands that schools ban the use of race or sex in hiring and admissions;
freeze tuition for five years;
cap international undergrad enrollment at 15%;
require that applicants take the SAT or a similar test;
quell grade inflation.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-universities-compact-federal-funds-agreement-df158493?mod=hp_lead_pos1

[Anonymous]

Yeah, this is the part that everyone should be focusing on:

The compact asks universities to ensure a “vibrant marketplace of ideas on campus” and to bar employees from expressing political views on behalf of their employer, unless the matter affects the school. It seeks to create a more-welcoming environment for conservatives, asking colleges to make governance changes and abolish departments that “purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas.”

Free and academic speech implications are awful.

[Anonymous]

I can't access the article. Which nine colleges is he focused on?

[Anonymous]

I think most people will focus on the tuition freeze for 5 years.

[Anonymous]

"Letters on Wednesday were going out to solicit agreement and feedback from Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia, according to an administration official."

Who's going to sign this first? My bet: Vanderbilt.

[Anonymous]

Such overstepping. How on earth do they have time to focus on this with all the wars, lawsuits. SC decisions, shut downs, economic crises? I do wonder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Letters on Wednesday were going out to solicit agreement and feedback from Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia, according to an administration official."

Who's going to sign this first? My bet: Vanderbilt.

Kind of interesting if the WSJ reporter listed these universities verbatim in the order they were presented by the anonymous administration. What is the underlying pattern (if there is one)?

[Anonymous]

In theory, if they sign, they need to eliminate tuition for anyone studying the “hard” sciences such as Math, Biology et al.

I think this means anything they deem as a difficult science though last I checked, Math isn’t a science at all.

Guess everyone will double major in Math even if you are just getting Cs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think most people will focus on the tuition freeze for 5 years.

I’m definitely reading “more OOS seats available at UVA and UT Austin.” (That is, after all, how state schools raise revenue when they aren’t allowed to raise tuition.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Letters on Wednesday were going out to solicit agreement and feedback from Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia, according to an administration official."

Who's going to sign this first? My bet: Vanderbilt.

Kind of interesting if the WSJ reporter listed these universities verbatim in the order they were presented by the anonymous administration. What is the underlying pattern (if there is one)?

From article: 'The White House chose the schools because it believed they are, or could be, “good actors,” Mailman said. “They have a president who is a reformer or a board that has really indicated they are committed to a higher-quality education,” she said.'

[Anonymous]

There are some very good ideas in this agreement.

[Anonymous]

GFY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Letters on Wednesday were going out to solicit agreement and feedback from Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia, according to an administration official."

Who's going to sign this first? My bet: Vanderbilt.

Kind of interesting if the WSJ reporter listed these universities verbatim in the order they were presented by the anonymous administration. What is the underlying pattern (if there is one)?

They sent the rejection letters to B

[Anonymous]

Someone has stock in college board

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are some very good ideas in this agreement.

Okay but it’s October 2. How on earth are families supposed to make informed decisions about where to apply by November 1 when there are tectonic shifts in the landscape every other day?!