President Trump's college compact offer has fallen flat.

As of Monday's deadline to get back to the administration, at least six prominent universities have publicly rejected the deal, which offers favorable federal funding status in exchange for institutional changes, while none have accepted it. The general theme of the rejections has centered on the schools' beliefs the demands violated academic freedoms and their values.

Experts say they don’t expect any universities to take the deal, though they are doubtful this will be the last pressure attempt from Trump, who has repeatedly targeted the finances and standing of colleges that defy him.

“I think they did underestimate the resistance that they would get and the willingness of institutions across the country to stand together in support of our core values,” said Lynn Pasquerella, president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

So far, two-thirds of the original nine universities that were offered the compact have rejected it: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, the University of Virginia (UVA) and Dartmouth College.

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