Seven universities have declined to sign a “compact” to agree to the Trump administration’s demands regarding admissions, campus hiring policies and speech in classrooms in exchange for federal funding. The letter was sent to nine universities earlier this month. The universities rejecting the compact include the University of Arizona, Brown University, Dartmouth College, MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California and the University of Virginia. Vanderbilt University reportedly expressed reservations, while the University of Texas signaled that it was open to signing the compact.