TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) – The University of Arizona faces a critical decision on Monday as it reaches the deadline to provide feedback to the White House on President Trump’s administration’s Compact for Higher Education.
Earlier this month, the White House sent the compact to nine universities, including the University of Arizona, outlining controversial policy requirements.
The compact offers federal funding advantages if signed, but comes with conditions such as banning the use of race, sex, and ethnicity in admissions, limiting international student enrollment to no more than 15 percent, and restricting faculty discussions on societal or political events.
Additionally, the compact proposes a tuition freeze for five years.
Students at the University of Arizona are actively opposing the compact. They are urging University President Suresh Garimella and the administration to reject the proposal.
Garimella has not yet indicated what decision the University of Arizona will make.
Meanwhile, other universities, including MIT, USC, Brown, and the University of Virginia, have publicly declared they will not participate in the compact.