2025 Policy and Budget Announcements

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Harvard School of Public Health Begins Layoffs As Trump Slashes Funding

Apr. 17, 2025 - The Harvard School of Public Health is laying off employees, shrinking its campus footprint, and making targeted cuts to departmental budgets in response to the Trump administration’s escalating attacks on Harvard.

Harvard School of Public Health Begins Layoffs As Trump Slashes Funding

House Oversight Committee Launches Investigation Into Harvard, Requests Documents Related to Trump’s Demands

Apr. 17, 2025 - Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform opened an investigation into alleged civil rights violations at Harvard over its response to campus antisemitism.

House Oversight Committee Launches Investigation Into Harvard, Requests Documents Related to Trump’s Demands

Brown University takes out $300 million loan amid Trump funding uncertainty

Apr. 16, 2025 - Brown took out a $300 million loan last Friday amid the Trump administration’s recent threats to the University’s federal funding.

Brown University takes out $300 million loan amid Trump funding uncertainty

Penn confirms five additional student visa revocations, bringing total to eight

Apr. 17, 2025 - A University spokesperson told The Daily Pennsylvanian that the five additional revocations are inclusive of both current students and recent graduates.

Penn confirms five additional student visa revocations, bringing total to eight

Nearly 1500 urge Stanford leaders to oppose Trump policies

Apr. 17, 2025 - Messages from faculty and the Undergraduate Senate expressed concerns over academic freedom, institutional autonomy and student rights.

Nearly 1500 urge Stanford leaders to oppose Trump policies

Harvard’s tax-exempt status threatened

Apr. 17, 2025 - Ability to host foreign students also in jeopardy.

Harvard’s tax-exempt status threatened

Brain drain at Census Bureau has employees warning about the country's statistics

Apr. 17, 2025 - Staff departures and survey cuts are roiling the federal agency in charge of producing census results, job numbers and other key statistics as Trump officials continue to slash the U.S. government.

Brain drain at Census Bureau has employees warning about the country's statistics

Trump policy targeting immigrants shuts California students out of federal programs

Apr. 17, 2025 - California colleges support low-income students — including non-citizens — using federal funds. Trump policy now excludes non-citizens.

Trump policy targeting immigrants shuts California students out of federal programs

Concerns rise for international students at U of M, nationwide

Apr. 17, 2025 - Several University of Memphis international students are facing status concerns, as fears are growing for students at universities nationwide.

Concerns rise for international students at U of M, nationwide

International student's visa record terminated in Tucson

Apr. 16, 2025 - n international student's SEVIS record at Pima Community College was terminated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

International student's visa record terminated in Tucson

5000 faculty from around the country call on academic leaders to resist

Apr. 17, 2025 - Universities Join Forces to Call on Administrative Bodies to Stand Up to Attacks on Higher Education.

5000 faculty from around the country call on academic leaders to resist

UC Berkeley International students fight visa terminations, allege biometric tracking

Apr. 15, 2025 - Hundreds of international student visas and resident statuses have been revoked or terminated across the nation.

UC Berkeley International students fight visa terminations, allege biometric tracking

Trump administration threatens Harvard with foreign student ban

Apr. 17, 2025 - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused the institution of "threatening national security".

Trump administration threatens Harvard with foreign student ban

Utah State University merges 5 colleges into 2 as state mandates multimillion-dollar budget cuts

Apr. 15, 2025 - Utah State University will restructure its academic programs, including several large-scale mergers and a still unknown number of employee layoffs.

Utah State University merges 5 colleges into 2 as state mandates multimillion-dollar budget cuts

Court blocks Dept of Homeland Security, restores visas for MSU international students

Apr. 15, 2025 - A temporary restraining order has been issued against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by a district court judge.

Court blocks Dept of Homeland Security, restores visas for MSU international students

Student visas pulled at colleges across the Ozarks, sending international students back home

Apr. 16, 2025 - Missouri State University is providing academic support to six students whose student visas have been revoked.

Student visas pulled at colleges across the Ozarks, sending international students back home

Minnesota joins 19 states in suing Trump administration over canceled student visas

Apr. 15, 2025 - The administration has now canceled the visas of nearly 530 students, faculty and researchers across 88 colleges and universities.

Minnesota joins 19 states in suing Trump administration over canceled student visas

UVU axes center that had served 'multicultural,' LGBTQ and other students

Apr. 15, 2025 - Utah Valley University has abruptly shut a center created last year in response to the 2024 state law dismantling diversity initiatives at Utah's public universities.

UVU axes center that had served 'multicultural,' LGBTQ and other students

Some FSU international students, one at FAMU stripped of visas, universities say

Apr. 15, 2025 - The news comes after several international students from both public and private universities across the nation have had their visas revoked in recent weeks.

Some FSU international students, one at FAMU stripped of visas, universities say

Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States

Apr. 15, 2025 - The Canadian Association of University Teachers released updated travel advice due to the "political landscape" created by the Trump administration.

Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States

Many HBCUs need government funding but some are preparing for a future without it

Apr. 16, 2025 - Several HBCU administrators who spoke to NBC News described a shared “culture of concern” across Black colleges.

Many HBCUs need government funding but some are preparing for a future without it

‘None of these goals are illegal’: Universities struggle to respond to funding threats

Apr. 16, 2025 - More than 30 institutions have overhauled their diversity efforts, according to a POLITICO analysis.

‘None of these goals are illegal’: Universities struggle to respond to funding threats

Trump administration asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status

Apr. 16, 2025 - The directive to the IRS is a significant escalation of President Trump’s feud with Harvard University and other Ivy League institutions and other nonprofit groups his administration views as “woke.”

Trump administration asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status

Computing Faculty Hiring Impacted by Federal Funding Agency Uncertainty

Apr. 16, 2025 - 34% reported that the uncertainty around federal funding agencies had significantly or moderately affected their faculty search process.

Computing Faculty Hiring Impacted by Federal Funding Agency Uncertainty

Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding

Apr. 15, 2025 - Universities, as well as many charities and religious groups, are exempted from paying federal income taxes.

Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding

Trump throws wrench into NSF’s support for new Texas supercomputer | …

Apr. 15, 2025 - If Trump prevails in a spending showdown with Congress, it could delay or even end construction of Horizon, a $520 million supercomputer at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin.

Trump throws wrench into NSF’s support for new Texas supercomputer | …

'Five-alarm fire': Read the Trump proposal that could decimate climate research

Apr. 15, 2025 - NOAA grants provide funding to nine cooperative institutions in California. Several branches of the agency could lose hundreds of millions of dollars.

'Five-alarm fire': Read the Trump proposal that could decimate climate research

What proposed NASA budget cuts could mean for current projects

Apr. 15, 2025 - The cuts may mean that projects that don’t have to do with getting humans to the Moon and Mars will come to an end.

What proposed NASA budget cuts could mean for current projects

Tufts issues declaration supporting lawsuit against the Department of Energy’s new rate cap policy

Apr. 15, 2025 - Tufts issued a declaration supporting a lawsuit filed by several universities against the Department of Energy over its decision to implement a 15% cap on indirect costs for existing and future research grants to universities and colleges.

Tufts issues declaration supporting lawsuit against the Department of Energy’s new rate cap policy

Nine students with MIT ties have visas revoked

Apr. 14, 2025 - One of the affected individuals has filed a suit against the federal government, with an independent counsel representing the student.

Nine students with MIT ties have visas revoked