White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement

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Anonymous wrote:Even if some people like some of the ideas, why does the federal government in the United States have a say in most of this? What happened to academic freedom? States' rights? Private education? Where does federal interference end?

Why do private colleges take so much federal money? Why was there no concern about academic freedom when 99% of professors are left wing? When applying for a professor job at a college (music or physics or any field) requires writing a DEI statement? Why was there no protest when colleges set up their own "court systems" which could just ruin young peoples' lives? These are just a few examples of the academia rot. They got what they deserve.

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Anonymous wrote:Does the WH realize if they don’t take into account gender, these schools will be heavily female???

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Trump's mafia is trying to destroy and make worthless our education system.

No self-respecting institution should sign this bully letter.

I'm a conservative, not MAGA. I hope real Republicans flee the MAGA party and collaborate with Dems to defeat this bully who has hijacked America. Republicans need to act like leaders, and not as hostages on a plane Trump has hijacked.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am a UT alum and I have a dc there now. The new president is straight out of Ken Paxton's office. I have already seen some questionable and concerning changes in policy and politics since he arrived earlier this year. I assume this is already in the works.

The “Top 10%” rule still applies to UTA, how would this change non-legacy OOS admissions there?

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Where did you see this?

It’s in the WSJ article which is in OP’s post.

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Anonymous wrote:Trump's mafia is trying to destroy and make worthless our education system.

No self-respecting institution should sign this bully letter.

I'm a conservative, not MAGA. I hope real Republicans flee the MAGA party and collaborate with Dems to defeat this bully who has hijacked America. Republicans need to act like leaders, and not as hostages on a plane Trump has hijacked.

100000%

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Anonymous wrote: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

I trust nothing from the Trump administration.

And..why those specific (9) schools?

Don't agree to it!

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There is no good faith negotiating when you’re dealing with an authoritarian fascist. These colleges need to uniformly reject this, create a united front and propose their own “compact” to defy this mob boss attempt to extort.

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which is the party of small government these days?

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

Absolutely agree.

Same. I don't agree with the ban on diversity admissions, but otherwise it makes sense.

Conditioning funding on POTUS demands is not reasonable.

+1

Tyrant!

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Anonymous wrote:which is the party of small government these days?

It’s been crickets from the alleged small government conservatives, but I keep asking this same question.

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Anonymous wrote: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

Starting this year?
How are applicants preparing for this change? Taking October SAT?

Deadline to register for Oct is likely over. Junior class has time, seniors prob not unless going RD.

Changes would probably apply to the next admissions cycle. I can't imagine schools going test-required and then requiring it like, that month.

But don't you think the proportion of admitted students with test scores would be higher even for class of '30? I think the upcoming cds data will show that it increased with class of '29 already. TO is a trap for the unwary

The kids who go TO mostly took the test, they just didn't score high enough. I don't think there's any "unwary."

I mean those applying TO to schools that for the class of '28 were already 70% test submitted (i.e. test preferred) or those not submitting a score in the 1400's. The game has changed

not for athletes

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Anonymous wrote:There is no good faith negotiating when you’re dealing with an authoritarian fascist. These colleges need to uniformly reject this, create a united front and propose their own “compact” to defy this mob boss attempt to extort.

exactly!

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the president does not control funding.

why are they even considering any of this?

I wish these universities would band together and counter-sue for monies already allocated. take it to the courts. at worst, you drag this out for 2 years

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This is giving Pol Pot.