Trump Pressures Elite Universities to Accept More Americans over Foreigners, DEI

President Donald Trump is pressuring elite universities to open their classrooms to more Americans by sharply reducing their enrollment of job-seeking foreign students and their enforcement of diversity ideology.

The curb on foreign students is one part of the reform plan delivered to top universities on Wednesday evening. Currently, many top colleges grant roughly 25 percent of their slots to foreign students, most of whom are seeking work permits via the federal “Optional Practical Training” program.

In 2024, up to 400,000 foreign graduates and students were given work permits by President Joe Biden’s pro-migration deputies. That flood of migrants, many of whom get jobs via kickback-fuelled ethnic hiring networks, pushes many Americans out of internships, jobs, and careers. “If you’re a family … where I grew up [Wisconsin], and you’ve got a smart kid, and you think you’re going to get them into a top university in this country … there is no chance,” Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen told a California audience in July.

The offer, titled “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” Promises government cooperation with the elite universities if they agree to a set of reform proposals.

The goals, according to the releases by the White House, include:

Abandoning pro-rules diversity in hiring, student admission and aid policies.

Requiring prospective students to perform well on the SAT or ACT tests.

Recognizing the clear distinction between single-sex spaces for males and females.

Cheaper tuition for students pursuing hard sciences

Disclosure of all foreign funding

Ending the promotion of identity politics in the classrooms or in academics’ official activities.

Capping the recruitment of foreign students at 15 percent, and ensuring that no foreign countries get more than 5 percent of college slots.