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American Focus > Blog > Politics > Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence – The Battle to Bring Back Sanity to Higher Education | The Gateway Pundit | by Antonio Graceffo
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Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence – The Battle to Bring Back Sanity to Higher Education | The Gateway Pundit | by Antonio Graceffo

Last updated: October 3, 2025 3:24 pm
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Brigham Young University sign adorned with a rainbow flag and colorful tulips, symbolizing diversity and inclusion on campus.

 

Before we immerse ourselves in the contentious waters of Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence, let’s start with a clarion call: the media is bending the narrative here. President Trump’s initiative is being mischaracterized as a budgetary stranglehold on schools, but this is misleading at best. The compact explicitly prioritizes funding for compliant institutions while still leaving non-signers eligible for federal grants and a chance at White House honors. Not quite a financial guillotine.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has echoed his alarm, warning that state funding—including Cal Grants—will be severed for any institution siding with Trump’s compact. This 10-page agreement, dispatched to nine universities, is garnering media attention as an imposition of “Trumpian policies” on admission practices, hiring criteria, and curriculum decisions in exchange for federal funding. Yet, if you peel back the layers, it’s not a direct reflection of Trump’s ideological whims regarding free speech or identity.

Instead, the compact is grounded in the foundational civil rights principles that prohibit discrimination based on race, sex, or sexual orientation in admissions and employment. Institutions are urged to embrace a meritocratic approach—something that liberals profess to champion, albeit often while juggling demographic quota systems.

Moreover, the compact mandates a balanced representation of political viewpoints within academia, requiring universities to protect conservative voices. It also affirms the right to make factual statements—even those labeled ‘violence’ in some circles, such as “there are only two genders” or “America is the greatest nation.” This definition of gender is not the product of Trump’s imagination; it is steeped in biological science and has been recognized universally throughout human history.

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In bold uppercase letters, Newsom asserted that California will not “fund universities that compromise academic freedom.” The White House countered, with spokesperson Abigail Jackson claiming Newsom’s leadership is fraught with mismanagement, suggesting he dismisses reforms intended to control tuition hikes and protect free speech.

At its core, the compact simply asks that universities meet certain compliance benchmarks; failure to do so results in decreased funding. Ironically, many on the left ardently supported similar mandates tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as Environmental, Social, and Governance benchmarks, all of which have arguably diluted educational quality.

Ironically, Newsom’s threat to withhold funds from compliant institutions mirrors his earlier criticisms of Trump. While Trump’s approach downgrades funding for non-compliant schools, Newsom’s strategy threatens to completely slash funds for those aligning with federal guidelines.

Critics assert that the compact encroaches upon institutional autonomy and dictates admission practices and faculty appointments. Faculty at Penn composed a poignant critique, asserting that an “invitation backed by consequences is a threat in disguise.” Yet, those very institutions acquiesced to similar limitations when imposed in the name of progressive ideologies.

There’s a longstanding quip that academia harbors a liberal bias while conservatism is tethered to reality. The compact might compel academic institutions to confront biological truths and adhere to the principle of academic inquiry: that all conclusions—and widely held beliefs—are fair game for examination without being labeled as microaggressions or “science denial.”

Furthermore, the legality of the compact is supported by precedents that forbid race, sex, religion, or national origin considerations in hiring and admissions—streamlining with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in employment contexts.

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In addition to these provisions, the compact requires that Title IX policies concerning transgender participation in sports and access align with federal laws, advocating the preservation of sex-segregated spaces and competitions based on biological distinctions.

Lauded as a route to ensure compliance with existing legal frameworks and Supreme Court rulings on admissions, the compact is also portrayed as a safeguard for conservative ideologies that have systematically faced marginalization. Universities may voluntarily participate; those that choose not to can still receive federal funding, albeit without the same access to preferential grants and benefits.

The compact hints at fostering a healthier relationship between federal entities and universities reliant on federal support and is likely to face judicial scrutiny, with an impending deadline for feedback and initial signatories set for November 21, 2025.

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