WASHINGTON — The five universities that were still weighing President Donald Trump’s higher-education compact were asked to join a White House call Friday to discuss the proposed deal, according to two people familiar with the matter. By late Friday afternoon, one of the schools — the University of Virginia — had already declined to sign the agreement. The people who shared details of the call spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private meeting. The White House has faced a flurry of rejections after inviting nine universities to become “initial signatories” of the compact, which asks colleges to make...