Brown University rejects Trump proposal to overhaul policies for preferential funding

University joins MIT in refusing invitation, saying that compact would restrict academic freedom'

Brown University has become the second higher-education institution to turn down an invitation from Donald Trump to sign onto his administration's 10-page college compact that would overhaul university policies in return for preferential access to federal funding.

The Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" is a proposed agreement that would impose restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion programs and limits on international student enrollment.