Open this photo in gallery: Brown University president Christina H. Paxson says the deal with the Trump administration preserves the school's academic independence.Steven Senne/The Associated Press Brown University will pay US$50-million to Rhode Island work force development organizations in a deal with the Trump administration that restores lost federal research funding and ends investigations into alleged discrimination, officials said Wednesday. The university also agreed to several concessions in line with President Donald Trump’s political agenda. Brown will adopt the government’s definition of “male” and “female,” for example, and must remove any consideration of race from the admissions process. Brown president...