Northwestern University agreed to pay $75 million to settle a federal investigation and restore nearly $800 million in research funding, the university and the Department of Education confirmed. The deal requires the school to revoke certain protest‑era agreements and adopt mandated anti‑discrimination and antisemitism training for campus communities. Other elite institutions have resisted similar compacts; Harvard has not reached a settlement with the administration. The wave of negotiations underscores how federal leverage over grants and contracts is reshaping university governance and campus policy in real time.