Trump Admin Reaches Deal With Brown University to Restore Federal Funding

Trump Admin Reaches Deal With Brown University to Restore Federal Funding

The Trump administration has reached an agreement with Brown University, which will restore millions in federal funding for the Ivy League school.

The deal is similar to what we just saw unfold at Columbia University and what we’re likely to see at Cornell and Harvard.

CNN reports:

Trump administration reaches $50 million deal with Brown University to restore funding

The Trump administration has reached a multimillion-dollar agreement with Brown University to restore federal funding – its second major deal with an elite university after last week’s $221 million settlement with Columbia University.

In return for Brown agreeing to several measures aimed at dismantling certain diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the federal government will reinstate all frozen grants from the Department of Health and Human Services, restore the school’s eligibility for future funding, and close all pending investigations into the university, a White House official said.

But Brown, which was under financial strain even before the Trump administration began slashing research funding at a number of higher education institutions, was largely able to escape the nine-figure settlements the White House reached with Columbia and is seeking with Harvard University.

Under the deal announced Wednesday, the Providence-based school will pay $50 million in grants over 10 years to Rhode Island workforce development organizations, according to the White House official and Brown President Christina Paxson.

Brown is not making “any payments or fines to the federal government,” Paxson said in a letter to the university community.

All of the big issues are being addressed here.

Brown University just reached an agreement with the Trump Administration.

They won't use racial quotas.

They won't perform "gender-affirmimg care" on children.

They will keep men out of women's spaces.

They will takes steps to combat antisemitism. pic.twitter.com/tVcIcH31b5

— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) July 30, 2025

The text of the agreement specifies that Brown will not engage in any racial discrimination or preference and that Brown will provide the US govt with data so that compliance can be audited. https://t.co/T1wqhhNxp0 https://t.co/CqTC082MT5 pic.twitter.com/yiN0mQgIyV

— Jay P. Greene (@jaypgreene) July 30, 2025

The Trump Administration is successfully reversing the decades-long woke-capture of our nation’s higher education institutions. Because of the Trump Administration’s resolution agreement with Brown University, aspiring students will be judged solely on their merits, not their…

— Secretary Linda McMahon (@EDSecMcMahon) July 30, 2025

Education Secretary Linda McMahon discusses the deal here:

.@EDSecMcMahon outlines the steps Brown University will take going forward:

— Protect students on campus and crack down on antisemitism
— Keep men out of women's sports
— Get rid of DEI in hiring and restore merit-based admissions

BIG WIN! https://t.co/1x1ebNL53A pic.twitter.com/J952R9iky2

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 30, 2025

Brown University President Christina Paxson released this announcement:

Dear Members of the Brown Community,

Brown has reached an agreement with the government to restore funding for the University’s federally sponsored medical and health sciences research and to resolve three open reviews by federal agencies assessing Brown’s compliance with federal nondiscrimination obligations. A federal funding freeze that began in April posed enormous challenges for Brown’s research mission and financial sustainability, and if left unaddressed, would have undermined our ability to conduct life-saving research and to offer our students a world-class education.

The voluntary agreement will reinstate payments for active research grants and restore Brown’s ability to compete for new federal grants and contracts, while also meeting the core imperative of preserving the ability for our students and scholars — both domestic and international — to teach and learn without government intrusion.

The University’s foremost priority throughout discussions with the government was remaining true to our academic mission, our core values and who we are as a community at Brown. This is reflected in key provisions of the resolution agreement preserving our academic independence, as well as a commitment to pay $50 million in grants over 10 years to workforce development organizations in Rhode Island, which is aligned with our service and community engagement mission. The agreement does not include any payments or fines to the federal government.

Most other aspects of the agreement codify the enhanced policies, practices and commitments Brown initiated, beginning in fall 2023, to ensure compliance with federal laws prohibiting discrimination. However, there are other aspects of the agreement that were not part of previous federal reviews of Brown policies but are priorities of the federal administration in resolving the funding freeze. To achieve our community’s fundamental goals, the University took great care to balance these interests with the core needs of the institution.

Read the whole thing here.

This is a huge win.

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