Another prominent university to fork over tens of millions in deal with Trump admin

A prominent university has agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars as part of a deal to have the Trump administration end federal investigations and lift stop-work orders on terminated federal grants, according to a report.

Northwestern University finalized a comprehensive settlement with the Trump administration that will have it fork over $75 million to the federal government over three years, Bloomberg reported Friday night.

The settlement follows similar arrangements with other prestigious institutions, including Cornell, Columbia, and Brown. Northwestern, which operates campuses in Evanston and Chicago, faced financial strain due to Trump's funding freeze and was financing research on its own.

Interim president Henry Bienen said in a statement to Bloomberg, "We must now refocus on what matters most: advancing our mission, upholding the highest standards of academic and institutional excellence, and empowering students and scholars to drive change in the world through research and innovation."

“We would not relinquish any control over whom we hire, whom we admit as students, what our faculty teach or how our faculty teach,” Bienen added. “I would not have signed this agreement without provisions ensuring that is the case.”

As part of the deal, Northwestern vowed to review international student policies, affirm support for its Jewish community, and end a controversial agreement made last year with pro-Palestinian protesters.