text of the agreement<\/a>. The school is also expected to invest $30 million in \u201cresearch programs that will directly benefit US farmers through lower costs of production and enhanced efficiency.\u201d\n <\/p>\n\n Under the deal, which is effective Friday, the university has also agreed to provide the federal government with \u201canonymized undergraduate admissions data.\u201d That data, the agreement says, will be \u201csubjected to a comprehensive audit by the United States.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Cornell will also conduct \u201cannual surveys to evaluate the campus climate for Cornell students, including the climate for students with shared Jewish ancestry,\u201d the agreement says, among other provisions.\n <\/p>\n
\n In return, the federal government is expected to immediately restore all terminated federal funding and close all pending civil rights and other investigations into the school.\n <\/p>\n
\n Friday\u2019s announcement marks the latest development in the Trump administration\u2019s broader battle over campus oversight, federal funding and academic freedom.\n <\/p>\n
\n The White House previously reached financial settlements with other Ivy League universities, including Columbia University and Brown University, though a recent agreement with the University of Virginia did not include a financial component. Unlike Columbia and UVA\u2019s deals, Cornell will not be subject to an independent monitor ensuring compliance.\n <\/p>\n
\n Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff heralded \u201cgood faith discussions\u201d with the Trump administration and noted that the agreement \u201cacknowledges the government\u2019s commitment to enforce existing anti-discrimination law, while protecting our academic freedom and institutional independence.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n In a letter to the Cornell community announcing the deal, he acknowledged the acute financial pressure that the administration\u2019s funding freeze had placed on his university.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe months of stop-work orders, grant terminations, and funding freezes have stalled cutting-edge research, upended lives and careers, and threatened the future of academic programs at Cornell,\u201d Kotlikoff wrote.\n <\/p>\n
\n The White House, meanwhile, touted the agreement as a \u201cmajor win.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cPresident Trump has once again delivered a major win for American students with this Cornell University deal,\u201d White House spokesperson Liz Huston said.\n <\/p>\n
\n Education Secretary Linda McMahon praised the deal for targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs. \u201cThe Trump Administration has secured another transformative commitment from an Ivy League institution to end divisive DEI policies,\u201d she said.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trump administration has reached a multimillion dollar deal with Cornell University to restore more than $250 million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-268413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}