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   From: adam.schitt@dont-email.me   
      
   Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S.   
   government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of   
   investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal   
   research funding.   
      
   President Donald Trump’s administration had cut off $790 million in   
   grants in a standoff that contributed to university layoffs and the   
   resignation in September of Northwestern president Michael Schill. The   
   administration argued the school had not done enough to fight   
   antisemitism.   
      
   Under the agreement announced Friday night, Northwestern will make the   
   payment to the U.S. Treasury over the next three years. Among other   
   commitments it also requires the university to revoke the so-called   
   Deering Meadow agreement, which it signed in April 2024 in exchange for   
   pro-Palestinian protesters ending their tent encampment on campus.   
      
   During negotiations, interim university president Henry Bienen said   
   Northwestern refused to cede control over hiring, admissions, or its   
   curriculum. “I would not have signed this agreement without provisions   
   ensuring that is the case,” he said.   
      
   The agreement also calls for Northwestern to continue compliance with   
   federal anti-discrimination laws, develop training materials to   
   “socialize international students” with the norms of a campus dedicated   
   to open debate, and uphold a commitment to Title IX by “providing safe   
   and fair opportunities for women, including single-sex housing for any   
   woman, defined on the basis of sex, who requests such accommodations and   
   all-female sports, locker rooms, and showering facilities.”   
      
   Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the deal cements policy changes   
   that will protect people on campus from harassment and discrimination.   
      
   “The reforms reflect bold leadership at Northwestern and they are a   
   roadmap for institutional leaders around the country that will help   
   rebuild public trust in our colleges and universities,” McMahon said.   
      
   Trump has leveraged government control of federal research money to push   
   for reforms at elite colleges he has decried as overrun by “woke”   
   ideology.   
      
   The fine agreed to by Northwestern is the second-largest behind   
   Columbia, which agreed in July to pay the government $200 million to   
   resolve a series of investigations and restore its funding. Brown and   
   Cornell also reached agreements with the government to restore funding   
   following antisemitism investigations.   
      
   Harvard, the administration’s primary target, remains in negotiations   
   with the federal government over its demands for changes to campus   
   policies and governance. The Ivy League school sued over the   
   administration’s cuts to its grant money and won a court victory in   
   September when a federal judge ordered the government to restore federal   
   funding, saying the Trump administration “used antisemitism as a   
   smokescreen.”   
      
   This fall, the White House tried a different approach on higher   
   education, offering preferential treatment for federal funds to several   
   institutions in exchange for adopting policies in line with Trump’s   
   agenda. The administration received a wave of initial rejections from   
   some universities’ leadership, citing concerns that Trump’s higher   
   education compact might supplant academic freedom.   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/northwestern-pay-trump-administratio   
   n-75-million-restore-funding-rcna246429   
      
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