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But White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said the administration's action on H-1B visas discourages companies from "driving down American wages."

The Obama administration offered waivers of those standards but in exchange demanded that schools teach a common core curriculum and measure teacher competency Washington’s way.

Senior administration officials told journalists there was no discussion of creating subsidies that would incentivize employers to provide IVF benefits, nor was it mandating they do so.

In addition, officials said the administration was taking steps Thursday to make it easier for employers to offer fertility benefits to their workers, saying there will be a new benefit option.

The agreement warns universities that, should they maintain “values” different from the administration’s, the government will deem them to have elected “to forego federal benefits.”