Trump’s New Plan For US Colleges
The Trump administration is putting America’s universities on notice: reform or lose out on millions in federal grant opportunities.
In a bold new initiative, nine prestigious schools—including MIT, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, and the University of Virginia—have been asked to sign a sweeping 10-Point Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. This plan is designed to protect free speech, stop discrimination in admissions, bring costs under control, and end radical left-wing policies on campus.
What Trump’s Higher Education Compact Demands
The compact lays out tough new requirements that strike at the heart of the left’s dominance in academia. Among the most important:
- Ban racial preferences in admissions and hiring to ensure fairness for all students.
- Enforce free speech protections by ending mob censorship, hecklers’ vetoes, and violent disruptions of conservative voices.
- Require neutrality in politics so universities stop pushing partisan agendas.
- Protect women’s sports by keeping biological men out of female locker rooms and competitions.
- Freeze tuition for five years so middle-class families can afford college again.
- Post-graduate earnings reports to show which degrees actually pay off.
- Expand opportunities for veterans and service members.
- Free hard science tuition at wealthy schools with endowments above $2 billion.
- Cap foreign student enrollment at 15% with no single country exceeding 5%.
Financial Incentives for Schools That Comply
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said that universities agreeing to the compact would receive significant new federal funding. White House adviser May Mailman added that these schools would also be given priority for special invitations to White House functions and other exclusive benefits.
Schools refusing to comply won’t be cut off completely but will lose out on funding advantages.
Why Trump Is Taking on the Universities
President Trump has made higher education reform a signature priority of his second term. For decades, universities have raised tuition, promoted divisive ideology, and silenced conservative voices—all while sitting on billion-dollar endowments.
With this compact, the administration is forcing schools to choose between taxpayer accountability and the failed status quo.
“This is about restoring universities as places of learning, not indoctrination,” one White House official explained. “It’s about fairness, free speech, and respect for American families.”
The First Nine Schools Targeted
The administration selected nine universities it believes are most open to reform:
- Vanderbilt University
- Dartmouth College
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Southern California
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Arizona
- Brown University
- University of Virginia
Officials say these schools either have reform-minded leadership or boards signaling a commitment to higher academic standards.
The Bottom Line
Universities that refuse to change may soon face a harsh reality: no more special treatment from Washington. President Trump’s message is clear—stop wasting taxpayer dollars on political activism, restore free speech, and put students first.
For American families tired of rising tuition and liberal indoctrination, this compact could be the most significant higher education reform in decades.
