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Small SUVs have emerged as the biggest winners from the Centre’s recent tax cuts, with their share in total passenger vehicle (PV) sales climbing to 30.4 per cent in the first 10 months of 2025. In contrast, hatchbacks saw their share decline to 21.9 per cent over the same period, according to industry wholesale data…
University of Arizona rejects US research compact over academic freedom concerns. (Getty Images) The University of Arizona has formally rejected the Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” making it the sixth institution out of nine invited universities to do so. UA President Suresh Garimella confirmed the decision in a letter to…
The University of Virginia has joined a list of American institutions declining to sign the White House’s proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education — a document offering preferential federal funding to universities that adhere to a set of administration-backed conditions.Interim president Paul G. Mahoney confirmed the decision late Friday, marking Virginia as the…
The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) has delivered a pointed rebuff, declining to sign President Donald Trump’s so-called Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. This is a funding-preference plan that asks universities to cap international enrolment, freeze tuition, and formalise protections for conservative speech. Penn’s refusal marks the fourth from a marquee campus, following peers…
USC just rejected Trump’s education compact. (AP Photo) The University of Southern California (USC) has formally rejected a funding compact proposed by the administration of US President Donald Trump, joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brown University in refusing to accept federal funding tied to political and policy commitments.The compact, offered directly to…
The Trump administration has expanded his contentious higher education initiative, the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, to all US colleges and universities, escalating a policy push that ties federal funding to bans on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices and strict limits on international enrollment.According to Bloomberg News, sources close to the matter…
In a move that underscores the widening clash over academic freedom in the United States, California Governor Gavin Newsom has firmly rejected the Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The compact, offered to nine prominent universities including the University of Southern California (USC), seeks to impose strict federal oversight on curricula,…
US universities face funding risks over Trump’s academic freedom compact. (AI Image) The Trump administration has sent letters to nine leading universities, urging them to sign a new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” in exchange for priority access to federal funding. The compact outlines specific demands including freezing tuition fees, limiting international student…
