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UVA day of action, Oct. 17, 2025, submitted. Photo by Ian Mullins. After a rally this afternoon with thousands of participants, the University of Virginia has rejected a compact sent by the Trump ...

Monday is the deadline for a handful of universities to agree to a list of commitments that align with the Trump administration’s political priorities, in exchange for preferential access to federal ...

Among the many dangerous actions President Donald Trump has taken, his push to force some of the country’s best universities into signing a sweeping federal “compact” ranks just behind his pardons for ...

(The Hill) — Multiple colleges are rejecting a compact the Trump administration sent to nine universities at the beginning of October that guaranteed funding advantages if the institutions agreed to ...

America’s universities—“crown jewels of the American system”—once represented the best aspects of the American character, including equal treatment, meritocracy, free speech, openness to debate, and ...

The University of Pennsylvania has declined to sign the compact proposed by the Trump administration that would have given the federal government influence over the Ivy League school's operations, ...

Our stormy pattern continues with Saturday and Tuesday through Wednesday standing out with the highest odds of more rain and storms. Last month, the Trump administration gave the University of Texas ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Monday is the deadline for a handful ...