"Cornell University announced a settlement with the Trump administration on Friday, becoming the fifth university under investigation by the US government to do so. The agreement will see more than $250m in federal research funding restored. In exchange, the university will share admissions data with the government, pay $30m and invest $30m more in research programs benefiting farmers a reflection of the university's longstanding record of agricultural research."
"The university also agreed to continued to evaluate the campus climate, particularly for Jewish students and affirmed the Trump administration's interpretation of civil rights laws, which views diversity initiatives as unlawful race-based discrimination. The administration's deal with Cornell a private, Ivy League university in upstate New York follows earlier ones with Columbia, Brown, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Virginia."
"Those agreements in particular Columbia's drew widespread accusations of government overreach and criticism of university's capitulation to Trump's bullying tactics in the service of his campaign to overhaul higher education in his ideological image. It comes as several universities have turned down an offer by the administration to join a compact that would grant them preferential access to federal funding in exchange for a series of concessions aligning university policy with the administration's anti-diversity priorities."
Cornell University reached a settlement with the Trump administration that restores more than $250m in federal research funding. The university agreed to share admissions data with the government, pay $30m, and invest an additional $30m in research programs benefiting farmers, reflecting a long record of agricultural research. The agreement commits Cornell to continued evaluation of campus climate, particularly for Jewish students, and affirms the administration's interpretation of civil rights law that views diversity initiatives as unlawful race-based discrimination. The deal follows similar agreements with Columbia, Brown, Penn and Virginia, prompted protests and criticism, and raised debate over university independence. Cornell's new president, Michael I. Kotlikoff, defended the settlement as preserving institutional independence and the agreement recognizes Cornell's authority to set policies, hire, and admit students.
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