AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe Trump administration offered nine universities benefits in exchange for signing an agreement to protect conservative voices, among other things. M.I.T. was the first to refuse.Sally Kornbluth, the president of M.I.T., said the agreement offered by the White House “would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution.”Credit...Cody O'Loughlin for The New York TimesOct. 10, 2025Updated 12:06 p.m. ETM.I.T. became the first university to reje...