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Trump's Grant Compact Faces Backlash, Legal Blockade

10/22/2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration proposed a 'compact' to nine universities offering federal grants for limiting conservative viewpoints.
Backlash occurred at the University of Southern California and the University of Arizona as faculty and students protested against the compact.
The compact failed a Faculty Senate vote.
A federal judge moved to block the administration's funding-withholding plan for schools that include gender identity.
States and school districts resisted these pressures.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration proposed a 'compact' to nine universities offering federal grants for limiting conservative viewpoints.
Backlash occurred at the University of Southern California and the University of Arizona as faculty and students protested against the compact.
The compact failed a Faculty Senate vote.
A federal judge moved to block the administration's funding-withholding plan for schools that include gender identity.
States and school districts resisted these pressures.