MIT president refuses to sign higher education funding agreement with Trump administration [View all]
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MIT president refuses to sign higher education funding agreement with Trump administration
By Neal Riley
Updated on: October 10, 2025 / 11:35 AM EDT / CBS Boston
MIT President Sally Kornbluth is telling President Trump's administration that the prestigious college in Cambridge, Massachusetts will not be signing on to the White House's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education."
MIT was one of nine universities asked by the Department of Education to sign the agreement to ensure access to federal funding and grants. Among the stipulations in the agreement: a five-year tuition rate freeze, limits on international student populations and prohibiting the use of race or sex as admissions factors.
Kornbluth said in a letter to Education Sec. Linda McMahon that MIT's practices "meet or exceed many standards outlined in the document you sent."
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