Penn Becomes 3rd University to Reject Trump Compact
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Brown’s investments generated $853 million in gains, and the endowment provided an all-time high of $352 million for financial aid and student support, scientific research and other priorities in Fiscal Year 2025.
Approximately one in three freshmen at Brown University identify as LGBT, with 12.8 percent identifying as bisexual, 6 percent as gay or lesbian, and 1.6 percent as pansexual, according to a survey
Up in College Hill, students and faculty at Brown University will hold a demonstration to urge the university's president to not sign the White House's newly announced "Compact for Academic Excellence" memo.
Packed with forums, tours, family activities, athletic events, student performances and more, the University’s annual Family Weekend welcomes thousands of parents and family members to College Hill.
Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements.
Brown University eliminated 103 positions following federal budget pressures and a student's exposé of unnecessary administrative staff at the university.
MIT, Brown, the University of Virginia, and six other universities across the country were given a test of loyalty from the Trump administration. Now, students are demanding their schools not sign the president’s 10-point compact agreement.