It's a power grab that makes the university effectively subordinate to the federal government. The most important part is the end: if the university violates t

It's a power grab that makes the university effectively subordinate to the federal government. The most important part is the end: if the university violates the agreement, they not only lose funding, they also have to give back what they received the previous year. Such a clawback would be devastating, much worse than merely denying funding going forward. And who determines whether there's a violation? The Department of Justice apparently has sole power to make that determination. There's no mention of any appeals process or oversight. That means that if the President has a compliant Attorney General, they can demand pretty much anything of the university under threat of finding them in violation, regardless of whether they've actually done anything wrong. It could be a reasonable, good-faith effort if it were put forth by reasonable, good-faith people. But it very much was not.