From Forbes: “In a Truth Social post on October 12, Trump wrote, ‘Those Institutions that want to quickly return to the pursuit of Truth and Achievement, they are invited to enter into a forward-looking Agreement with the Federal Government to help bring about the Golden Age of Academic Excellence in Higher Education.’ The next day, Bloomberg reported that the compact had been offered to all colleges. And on Tuesday, October 14, a source at the U.S. Department of Education confirmed to The Chronicle of Higher Education that Trump’s post was intended to be an invitation to all of higher education. ‘We welcome any institution that wants to adopt these principles to sign the compact,’ wrote the source, who the Chronicle reported was unwilling to go on the record.” Read more here.
NEWS BRIEFS: Trump DOE “Compact” Now Extends to All Higher Education
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