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‘Cannot support Trump’s agenda in exchange for access to fed funding’

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October 11, 2025

MIT PRESIDENT SAYS

- Associated Press

‘Cannot support Trump’s agenda in exchange for access to fed funding’

MIT president Sally Kornbluth

(GRETCHEN ERTL/WIKIMEDIA)

WASHINGTON: The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said on Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump's political agenda in exchange for favourable access to federal funding.

MIT is among the first to express forceful views either in favour of or against an agreement the White House billed as providing “multiple positive benefits,” including “substantial and meaningful federal grants”.

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