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Trump offered a restrictive deal to universities that almost all rejected – but the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education may not be entirely dead

In October 2025, the Trump administration made a controversial proposal to nine major colleges and universities, including Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia. The administration offered them a deal: If they agreed to adopt certain policy changes, such as revising admissions and hiring practices, they would receive advantages in…

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University of Virginia agrees to Trump administration demands over admissions and hiring

School joins University of Pennsylvania, Columbia and Brown in bowing to White House to restore funding

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University of Virginia strikes deal to pause Trump administration investigations

The U.S. Justice Department has announced an agreement with the University of Virginia to pause civil rights investigations

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With no takers yet, White House sets meeting with colleges still weighing an agreement with Trump

Five remaining universities have been weighing an offer from President Donald Trump to sign a “compact” for higher education

The Independent UK

Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money

The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money

The Independent UK

Latin American literature contains warnings for American universities that yield to Trump

As university leaders work to make deals with the Trump administration, many college presidents are at an ethical crossroads. On the one hand, they must do all they can to restore funding for vital research. On the other, they risk ceding to the demands of a president with views that…

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Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s will

Columbia University agreed on July 23, 2025, to pay a US$200 million fine to the federal government and to settle allegations that it did not create a safe environment for Jewish students during Palestinian rights protests in 2024.

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George Mason University faces investigation in Trump administration's anti-DEI crackdown

The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public university

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University of Virginia president resigned after ‘pressure campaign’ from Trump admin to remove him from post

James Ryan submitted his resignation last week ‘with a very heavy heart’ rather than risk the institution having its federal funding cut

The Independent UK

University of Virginia president resigns under US government pressure

James Ryan, the university’s president, stepped down amid Trump administration scrutiny over diversity initiatives.

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University of Virginia president resigns under Trump administration pressure on DEI, AP source says

The president of the University of Virginia is resigning his position under pressure from the Justice Department, which had pushed for his departure amid scrutiny of the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices

The Independent UK

College graduates this year are not finding jobs. AI is partly to blame

“What actually can I do as a human who’s a recent graduate that some robot isn’t going to take over?” asked one recent graduate. Michelle Del Rey reports on the students trapped without a next step

The Independent UK

Hip-hop can document life in America more reliably than history books

Describing my 2017 appointment as a faculty member, the University of Virginia dubbed me the school’s “first” hip-hop professor. Even if the job title and the historic nature of the appointment might have merited it, the word was misleading.

The Conversation

‘It’s very much relevant today’: the one-woman show on Charlottesville

Priyanka Shetty combines personal and political in #Charlottesville, a play that explores the deadly 2017 white supremacist rally

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University Of Virginia Settles M Over Fatal Shooting

University of Virginia agrees to million settlement for tragic shooting incident in Charlottesville, emphasizing campus safety and support for affected ...

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UVA to pay $9 million related to shooting that killed 3 football players, wounded 2 students

The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students

Reason

What I Saw at the University of Virginia's Protest Crackdown

The college had a legal right to break up the pro-Palestine encampment. But does that mean it should?

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Lauren Coughlin gave her husband a three-week trial as caddie, and she now leads LPGA’s Chevron

Odds of Pond keeping his new job though, so far, look pretty good.

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