No Race In Hiring, Cap On Foreign Students: White House Asks Colleges To Sign Deal For Funding BoostCurated By :News18.comLast Updated: October 02, 2025, 08:45 ISTThe Trump administration has proposed conditions for a funding boost for US colleges, including banning race or sex in hiring and capping foreign student enrollment. The administration promised that schools that sign the deal would receive “substantial and meaningful federal grants" among other benefits. This signals a broader push to make US colleges align more closely with the policies of the Trump administration. May Mailman, senior adviser for special projects at the White House, told The Wall Street Journal that the Trump administration hoped the schools would see the step as “reasonable." Trump has been pressuring colleges to reduce dependence on foreign students while adding new layers of scrutiny for foreign students as part of its crackdown on immigration.