This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Bachelor.

Education. I welcome Peter Berkowitz, my good colleague from the Hoover Institution.

Peter is an educator and a philosopher of education, and he's going to help me through a new document from the Trump administration as of October that had gone to the major universities of the United States,

finding a solution to the confrontation that's been in place since Mr. Trump moved into the White House again.

It reads as a title, compact for academic excellence in Higher Education, the Introduction.

American Higher Education is the envy of the world and represents a key strategic benefit

for our nation. In turn, the U.S. university system benefits in a variety of ways from its

extraordinary relationship with the U.S. government.

These include access to student loans, grant programs, and federal contracts.

Also, funding for research directly or indirectly.

Also, approval of student and other visas in connection with university matriculation and instruction.

Also, preferential treatment under the tax code.

To advance the national interest rising out of this unique relationship,

the compact for academic excellence in higher education

represents the priorities of the U.S. government

and its engagements with any universities that benefit from the relationship.

Institutions of higher education are free to develop models and values other than those below

if the institution elects to forego federal benefits.

Peter, this is very fetching. Has anything like this ever

existed before? Has this scale? Is it a model of something or is it unique? Good evening to you.

Good evening, John. I'm not aware of any parallels. You could say that in a way, every federal grant to the government has an implicit compact, meaning you must obey civil rights laws. And we're giving you this money because we believe supporting you through supporting students, fellowships, or research grants for professors.

We believe this supports the public interest,

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