Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education
Mar. 14, 2025 - The investigations come amid allegations that these institutions have violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964) by partnering with “The Ph.D. Project."
UW-Madison under federal investigation for DEI efforts
Mar. 14, 2025 - The University of Wisconsin-Madison is among 45 universities under federal investigation by U.S. Department of Education for DEI efforts and alleged Title VI violations.
Trump cuts trigger hiring freezes at New York colleges with medical research in jeopardy
Mar. 13, 2025 - New York colleges and universities are freezing hiring and warning that President Trump’s federal cuts endanger the very existence of their research programs.
Mar. 13, 2025 - The University of Michigan is initiating a new research funding program that provides temporary support for qualified researchers who have received federal grant and contract stop-work orders.
As US slashes at research, French university opens arms to scientists seeking refuge
Mar. 12, 2025 - Aix-Marseille University has a long tradition of bringing artists and researchers in precarious situations — people struggling to conduct their work in war zones or while facing security threats — onto its campus.
Kentucky lawmakers vote to ban DEI spending at public colleges
Mar. 13, 2025 - Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is unlikely to sign the bill, but Republican lawmakers hold a veto-proof supermajority in the Legislature.
Johns Hopkins’ aid groups to lay off nearly 2,000 amid Trump cuts
Mar. 13, 2025 - Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs, global aid groups affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, have begun layoffs and a reorganization as millions in federal funding from USAID is cut off.
Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year
Mar. 13, 2025 - Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.
Duke to implement staff hiring freeze, series of cost-cutting measures amid federal funding threats
Mar. 13, 2025 - Upcoming spending adjustments include suspending capital spending, freezing staff hiring and salary mid-year adjustments, reviewing all faculty hiring practices and slowing all non-compensation spending.
UMD international students prepare for uncertainty after Trump’s executive orders
Mar. 12, 2025 - Multiple international students who spoke to The Diamondback under anonymity due to fear of retaliation expressed concerns about their freedom of speech and ability to critique the U.S. government under Trump’s new administration.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Will Keep Budget Flat, Stop Staff Hiring for Fiscal Year 2026
Mar. 12, 2025 - The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will aim to keep spending flat for fiscal year 2026 amid threats from the Trump administration and long-term financial concerns.
Lamont cuts spending at CT public colleges, other agencies
Mar. 10, 2025 - Gov. Ned Lamont took $41 million from more than a dozen agencies, including more than $6 million from public colleges and universities he pledged to shield
Mar. 12, 2025 - The funding freeze follows a spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills over his order restricting transgender students from women’s sports.
DOGE-mandated cuts targeted staff at a Native American college. A lawsuit fights back
Mar. 10, 2025 - Federal layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University disrupted classes, financial aid and the women's basketball team. Now, tribes and students have sued, saying the cuts broke treaty obligations.
With Federal Funds Stalled, Two Harvard School of Public Health Graduate Programs Reduce Admissions
Mar. 12, 2025 - The reductions to Biostatistics Ph.D. admissions are the first reported cuts to a graduate program at Harvard amid President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on federal funding.
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Will Deny All Waitlisted Candidates Amid Financial Uncertainty
Mar. 12, 2025 -The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will reject all waitlisted candidates for its Ph.D. programs — the University’s latest response to federal funding cuts threatened by the Trump administration.
NYU appoints Title VI coordinator as Trump cracks down on Columbia
Mar. 11, 2025 - NYU President Linda Mills announced the overdue appointment of the university’s Title VI coordinator amid the Trump administration’s recent crackdown on Columbia University.
Update: Federal judge imposes preliminary injunction on NIH spending cuts - The Tufts Daily
Mar. 11, 2025 - U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley imposed a preliminary injunction on the National Institutes of Health, preventing the cuts on indirect medical research costs from taking effect nationwide.
NIH cancels $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of $400 million Trump administration cut
Mar. 11, 2025 - The National Institutes of Health announced that the agency is cancelling $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of the Trump administration’s $400 million cut to University funding.