According to NPR, the deadline for U.S. colleges and universities to sign a so-called "education cooperation compact" with the Trump administration has expired today. The agreement, proposed by the Department of Education, promised that participating institutions would receive priority in federal research funding, but with several restrictions, including prohibiting transgender students from using certain restrooms and participating in certain sports, reducing international student quotas, and adjusting admission criteria. Washington University in St. Louis is one of the latest schools to refuse to sign, but it stated that it will continue to maintain dialogue with the government on higher education issues. Of the nine initial schools invited, six have clearly refused the proposal.
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