Which of the policies have people the most riled up, besides that the Trump administration came up with them? I can see people not agreeing with elimination of DEI, supporting trans sports, or wanting more foreign students and "anti-conservative" content in classrooms, but I don't see any as turning higher education into a "wasteland." This thread is 98% bitching about Texas accepting or rejecting it and not much discussing the compact itself and how it will turn Texas into a joke of a university unable to educate students. It seems these universities could take the money, interpret and enforce the terms as they want, and the worst case is the Trump team doesn't like it and pulls the preferential funding status which the universities lose anyway by not accepting.
Eliminate DEI in hiring and admissions and make them based on merit
5 year tuition freeze, and make STEM education tuition-free for "non-wealthy" students
Cap foreign student enrollment to save more spots for American students
Limit sports participation to biological sex
While professors can voice their "anti-conservative" views off the clock, keep it out of classroom curriculum
Prevent protests intended to disrupt classroom and study areas
Receive preferential status in federal grant funding