Failure to accept the bargain would result in a withdrawal of federal programs that would likely cripple most universities. The document was sent to the University of Arizona, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Virginia. But independent reporting indicates that the administration will ultimately extend the deal to all colleges and universities. Poorly thought throughThe Compact itself would see universities agree to cede admissions standards to the federal government. They would also have to publish anonymized data comparing how admitted and rejected students did relative to these criteria.