Fifth Major University Rejects White House Funding Compact Over Merit Concerns
The University of Virginia has become the fifth prestigious institution to reject the White House’s compact offering preferential funding treatment. University leadership expressed concerns that the arrangement would undermine merit-based research assessment and create an illegal two-tiered funding system.
Growing Resistance to Federal Education Compact
The University of Virginia has declined to participate in the White House’s proposed funding compact, according to reports, marking the fifth major university rejection in recent days. Sources indicate the institution joins MIT, Brown University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Southern California in refusing the arrangement that would provide preferential funding treatment in exchange for meeting specific administration requirements.