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Brown agreed to donate $50\u00a0million to workforce development programs in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Wiggs\/The Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n Brown University has struck a deal with the Trump administration to restore about $510\u00a0million in frozen federal research funds in exchange for various concessions but no payment, officials announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n The federal government will restore millions in frozen research funding and settle investigations over allegations of campus antisemitism, according to the agreement. While Brown will not pay out a settlement to resolve the complaints like its Ivy League counterpart Columbia University did, the university pledged $50\u00a0million over the next decade to state workforce development efforts in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n Brown is the second university to cut a deal with the Trump administration since Columbia reached a similar agreement last week. Trump officials said the Columbia settlement would be a template for their talks with other colleges, though other higher ed experts argued the deal was unlawful and represented a threat to the sector at large. (Harvard University, which has also been in the administration\u2019s crosshairs over alleged antisemitism, has reportedly considered a settlement of up to $500\u00a0million to resolve its ongoing dispute.)<\/p>\n Still, Brown agreed to multiple other changes. They include adopting the Trump administration\u2019s definitions of male and female, not performing gender-affirming surgeries on minors or prescribing them puberty blockers, providing admissions data to the federal government, and conducting a campus climate survey and sharing the results with the federal government. Brown also agreed to codify prior changes officials announced to combat discrimination on campus.<\/p>\n The deal does not include restrictions on campus curriculum or programs.<\/p>\n \u201cAt its core, the agreement preserves the integrity of Brown\u2019s academic foundation, and it enables us as a community to move forward after a period of considerable uncertainty in a way that ensures Brown will continue to be the Brown that our students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and friends have known for generations,\u201d President Christina Paxson said in a statement.<\/p>\n Brown announced the agreement shortly after the university took out a $500\u00a0million loan, which could have helped plug research funding holes or fund a protracted legal battle. The university also borrowed $300\u00a0million in April after the Trump administration froze research funding over allegations of antisemitism connected to pro-Palestinian protests.<\/p>\n The funding freeze, along with other changes in federal policy, has hit the university hard, and officials warned in June of the potential for \u201cdeep financial losses.\u201d<\/p>\n Education Secretary Linda McMahon celebrated the deal, asserting in a statement that the agreement would protect Jewish students from antisemitism as well as women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n \u201cRestoring our nation\u2019s higher education institutions to places dedicated to truth-seeking, academic merit, and civil debate\u2014where all students can learn free from discrimination and harassment\u2014will be a lasting legacy of the Trump administration, one that will benefit students and American society for generations to come,\u201d McMahon wrote in a social media post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brown agreed to donate $50\u00a0million to workforce development programs in Rhode Island. Jonathan Wiggs\/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Brown University has struck a deal with the Trump administration to restore about $510\u00a0million in frozen federal research funds in exchange for various concessions but no payment, officials announced Wednesday. 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