Universities Quietly Negotiating with the White House

CNN: “The White House is looking to strike a deal with a high-profile school, said the first source, who is involved in the higher education response.”

Said the person: “They want a name-brand university to make a deal like the law firms made a deal that covers not just antisemitism and protests, but DEI and intellectual diversity. They want Trump to be able to stand up and say he made a deal with so-and-so – an Ivy League school, some sort of name-brand school that gives them cover so they can say, ‘We don’t want to destroy higher education.’”

Asked if any of the schools are inclined to make such a deal, the source said: “Nobody wants to be the first, but the financial pressures are getting real.”