Once global signifiers of elite intellectual achievement, many of the top universities in the United States have been subjected to scrutiny, investigation and federal action. Universities such as University of Pennsylvania, Columbia and Brown have engaged in extensive negotiations to try to carve out space for institutional integrity. Another broad measure launched by the Trump Administration has been a proposed compact, signing which would grant universities priority access to federal funding. The Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education was first opened for nine schools, then 12, and then generally thrown open to all academic institutions. Commitment to intellectual diversity,...