Campus Reform reports the settlement stipulates that the feds will unlock $50 million in frozen medical research funds. However, the settlement comes with many conditions, one of which is distributing $50 million to Rhode Island workforce development groups throughout the next decade.
The university also must not use affirmative action policies, align campus policy with Title IX, monitor antisemitism on campus, and submit data and reports to federal agencies that show compliance to the guidelines.
A clause in the agreement states that the US government does not have authority over the curriculum. Furthermore, Brown does not have to pay any fines to the government.
Terry Shilling, president of the American Principles Project, has details.
"Brown University was violating several things. They had a problem with Title IX, allowing men into women's private spaces in sports, but they also were in trouble with anti-Semitism growing on campus. And the Trump administration has cracked down heavily on them," Shilling reports.
He explains that the frozen assets forced Brown to take out a $500-million loan just to keep the university afloat. He says the settlement represents a huge victory for President Trump.
“The biggest victory here is that President Trump has once again shown Republicans and future Republican presidents how to fight back and how to be effective at curbing these woke anti-American, anti-family, anti-Christian ideologies that have taken over our university system," says Shilling.
Campus Reform also reports that the school did not admit to any wrongdoing.
