MIT refuses Trump administration’s proposal for policy changes in exchange for ‘federal benefits’

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology turned down a Trump administration deal that would have given it benefits from the government if it conformed to Republican policy priorities.

MIT was one of nine elite schools to which the administration offered the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” deal earlier this month.

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