The backlash to the White House’s new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” has been swift and near universal. And this morning, MIT went further—publicly declining to sign the compact and explaining that the university already meets the standards the compact prescribes. I expect the other institutions invited to sign the compact will swiftly follow suit; and they’d be wise to do so. The post MIT the First to Reject Trump’s Absurd New Higher Ed Compact appeared f...
