St. Augustine’s University, a historically Black institution in Raleigh, North Carolina, is the first HBCU to back President Donald Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.While elite universities like MIT, Brown, and Dartmouth rejected the compact, and others remain undecided, St. Augustine’s submitted a letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, to the Department of Education expressing interest in joining and shaping the program.The compact bans DEI programs, race-based admissions and scholarships, and caps international enrollment. It also includes a five-year tuition freeze for participating schools.
