Brown Reaches $50 Million Deal With White House to Restore Funds
A gate into Brown University's campus in Providence, Rhode Island, on March 17.
Photographer: Scott Eisen/Getty ImagesBrown University has reached an agreement with President Donald Trump’s administration to restore research funding, becoming the latest elite university to strike a deal in the White House’s campaign to remake higher education.
Brown said it will pay $50 million over the next decade to support workforce development programs in its home state of Rhode Island, take steps to improve campus climate for Jewish students, and revise its policies on gender identity in line with new White House guidelines.