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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has become the first school to reject the Trump administration’s proposal that offered a select few universities preferential access to federal funds in exchange for agreeing to a set of demands.
Sally Kornbluth, president of the Cambridge-based school, wrote in a letter Friday to the Department of Education that MIT disagreed with a number of aspects of the proposal, arguing that it would restrict the institution’s freedom of expression and independence.
“In our view, America’s leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences,” Kornbluth said in the letter. “Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.”