'Tears my heart apart': UNC summer research programs canceled amid federal cuts
Mar. 4, 2025 - Multiple summer research opportunities at UNC in the life sciences and social sciences have been put on hiatus or canceled.
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
Harvard | Hoekstra Tells FAS To ‘Prepare for Significant Financial Challenges’ Amid Uncertainty From Washington
Mar. 4, 2025 - Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra told faculty on Tuesday that she has instructed FAS officials “to prepare for significant financial challenges” and “build financial capacity.”
Trump threatens to withhold federal funding from universities that allow ‘illegal’ protests
Mar. 5, 2025 - In the March 4 post, Trump threatened non-citizen student protesters.
Princeton has not asked departments to reduce graduate admissions as other colleges enact cuts
Mar. 5, 2025 - For many graduate students and professors, it is business as usual when it comes to admissions.
Trump administration launches review of Columbia University’s grants and contracts
Mar. 4, 2025 - The Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism is probing the institution’s funding over allegations it hasn’t protected Jewish students from harassment.
A case study of what’s ahead with Trump DEI crackdowns: Utah has already cut public college DEI initiatives
Feb. 28, 2025 - Utah’s strict laws blocking diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives have been playing out to mixed reviews on its flagship campus.
More Universities Slow Spending, Admissions Over Federal Funding Chaos
Mar. 3, 2025 - The list of major universities that are trimming their budgets, freezing new hiring, or limiting Ph.D. admissions is growing due to doubts about federal research funding.
NSF says it’s reinstating fired probationary employees
Mar. 3, 2025 - The National Science Foundation is reinstating probationary employees following a court ruling on the firings.
U-M takes proactive measures related to federal funding
Feb. 26, 2025 - The University of Michigan is instituting new requirements to reduce spending as a “buffer against negative, long-term impacts on operations” stemming from federal funding cuts.
New Ed Department Guidance Against Race-Conscious Policies Could Impact Scholarships, Ceremonies at Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson
Mar. 3, 2025 - The Department of Education's guidance puts affinity commencement celebrations and minority scholarships in jeopardy
The Daily Explains: How Northwestern has responded to Trump’s anti-DEI orders
Mar. 3, 2025 - Northwestern, like other universities nationwide, has been complying with the new Trump administration’s hefty diversity, equity and inclusion initiative crackdowns.
Staff Council presses GW for more communication on new promotion, hiring review process
Mar. 3, 2025 - The Staff Council sought clarity on the University’s new promotion and hiring approval process.
‘Heartbreaking’: Penn community expresses uncertainty, concern after graduate admissions cuts
Mar. 3, 2025 - The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with several Penn students and faculty members about the future of higher education following cuts to graduate admissions rates.
Arizona bill to cut off state funding over college DEI courses gains traction
Feb. 28, 2025 - If signed into law, faculty at the state's public colleges would not be able to teach about subjects like antiracism and unconscious bias.
Ohio bathroom law targeting transgender students has brought internal strife to some campuses
Feb. 23, 2025 - An Ohio law designating school bathrooms for use by people based on their sex at birth kicks in soon.
A surge of DEI cuts hits colleges across the US
Feb. 27, 2025 - Some colleges, like Ohio State University, are reversing their stances on diversity efforts as federal and state policymakers ratchet up the pressure.
Grad School Is in Trouble
Feb. 27, 2025 - The latest signal that the future of the university is under threat
Wisconsin appeals court shuts down state-funded college grant program for minority students
Feb. 26, 2025 - The Wisconsin appeals court struck down a state grant program intended to give certain minority students a financial boost after admission.
Case Western Reserve University limits hiring, other spending amid federal funding concerns
Feb. 26, 2025 - The university has implemented a “temporary pauses” on hiring for staff positions, new additional pay and temporary staffing requests, unrestricted discretionary spending and travel requests.
University of Northern Colorado Pauses Hiring Efforts
Feb. 11, 2025 - President Andy Feinstein announced the University of Northern Colorado is pausing all hiring efforts for new and vacant positions on January 24.
Cornell freezes hiring, asks department heads to cut costs amid "financial uncertainty" - The Ithaca Voice
Feb. 27, 2028 - Cornell University has initiated a four-month hiring freeze in all college, school and administrative units.
Hiring freeze for non-essential positions | MIT
Feb. 14, 2025 - MIT is taking the step of instituting a general hiring freeze on all nonessential positions, effective immediately and until further notice. Faculty positions will not be impacted by this freeze.
Cornell 2025 Hiring Pause
Feb. 27, 2025 - Effective immediately, the university is implementing a position control process for all hiring.
Graduate chairs express concerns over admissions cuts in letter to Penn SAS admin
Feb. 27, 2025 - The letter expressed concerns about the negative effects of reducing graduate program class sizes, and argued that the cuts may inflict
US universities curtail PhD admissions amid Trump science funding cuts
Feb. 27, 2025 - Nature talks to prospective students left in limbo as some institutes withdraw offers and put applications on hold.
The Trump administration’s DEI orders are dividing Colorado universities — and their students
Feb. 26, 2025 - Colorado State University Fort Collins universities haven’t.
Gov. Ron DeSantis establishes Florida DOGE to cut positions, audit universities
Feb. 24, 2025 - Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Florida’s version of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
USDA suspends 1890 scholarship that helps Mississippi HBCU students, current class can finish
Feb. 21, 2025 - The USDA has suspended a scholarship program that gave students from underserved communities money to attend HBCUs for specific training.
MS public universities, colleges face defunding after U.S. Department of Ed sends out letter
Feb. 21, 2025 - Mississippi public universities and colleges which receive federal funding are now assessing programs and practices under new interpretation of civil rights laws.
Iowa lawmakers advance bills to ban DEI in private universities, community colleges
Feb. 26, 2025 - The bills would prohibit DEI offices in Iowa’s community colleges. They would also require private universities that receive Iowa Tuition Grant funding to close their DEI offices.