Harvard researchers devastated as Trump team cuts nearly 1,000 grants
May 24, 2025 - Nature talks with scientists about an uncertain future as the US government lays siege to their university.
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
Visa status of foreign graduates in the US on OPT under renewed scrutiny
May 22, 2025 - More than 240,000 foreign graduates in the United States – or more than one in five current student visa holders – are engaged in an Optional Practical Training (OPT) placement.
Statement from Nick Hart, President and CEO of the Data Foundation
May 21, 2025 - The Data Foundation is concerned about and monitoring the expanding scope of potential changes in the federal statistical system by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Judge blocks Trump administration’s ban on Harvard accepting international students
May 23, 2025 - Ivy league had filed suit saying the ban was unconstitutional retaliation for defying White House’s demands
University Researchers Alarmed by Plan to Slash NSF Funding by 55%
May 21, 2025 - Some researchers say the federal government's proposal will drastically impede cutting-edge work in fields that are critical to the nation's future, such as AI, cybersecurity and power grids.
Amid the Trump administration's attacks on international students, here is what has happened at Duke
May 15, 2025 - The Chronicle has compiled a timeline of Duke University updates and guidance.
Penn Medicine scrubs DEI webpages amid escalating federal crackdown
May 23, 2025 - Penn initially removed references to inclusion and equity in February following the federal government’s crackdown on DEI, and the new erasures come in the wake of increased federal action.
HARVARD SUES TRUMP ADMIN OVER INTERNATIONAL ENROLLMENT BLOCK
May 23, 2025 - Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 wrote in a morning message to affiliates that the revocation is both “unlawful and unwarranted.”
Help defend Yale’s teaching, research, and scholarship
May 22, 2025 - This legislation presents a greater threat to Yale than any other bill in memory.
University of Oregon warns of looming budget cuts, sees 'difficult decisions' coming
May 21, 2025 - A budget warning from UO’s president and provost signals a challenging road ahead.
Over 700 and $1.7 billion in previously undisclosed grant terminations published by NIH
May 20, 2025 - 726 additional terminated grants were reported by NIH this week, amounting to over $1.70 billion in total grant value, with $780 million remaining unspent.
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
May 22, 2025 - The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
Trump administration blocks Harvard from enrolling international students
May 22, 2025 - The Trump administration has blocked the ability of Harvard University to enroll international students
Judge blocks Trump's orders to dismantle the Education Department and fire employees
May 22, 2025 - A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs.
Three-fourths of NSF funding cuts hit education
May 12, 2025 - More research eliminated and mass firings.
Cornell Is Selling Its President’s House Amid Federal Funding Freezes
May 19, 2025 - The Ivy League university is selling property as the Trump administration freezes more than $1 billion in federal funding.
Liberal arts programs at two Utah universities take the brunt of cuts
May 19, 2025 - Utah Tech and Southern Utah University have both released their plans to comply with the state-imposed budget cuts
Maryland regents allow furloughs and salary cuts for public universities
May 20, 2025 - The state’s higher education system is facing big funding shortfalls at both the state and federal levels.
Michigan State University plans 9% general spending cut, totaling $153M in reductions
May 15, 2025 - Top university officials outlined a two-year plan to reduce its general fund spending in response to ongoing federal budget cuts.
Harvard University devotes $250M to sustain research hit by federal cuts
May 16, 2025 - The institution’s leaders said they have received multiple grant terminations since the Trump administration froze over $2.2 billion of its federal funding.
Education Department retracts CTE grants for Native American and Hawaiian students
May 15, 2025 - The agency said the nearly $21.6 million grant competitions do not “align with the objectives established by the Trump Administration.”
Penn State University proposes closing 7 commonwealth campuses
May 14, 2025 - University officials cited enrollment declines at the colleges, as well as their financial deficits and maintenance backlogs.
University of Maryland, Baltimore to lay off employees amid federal budget reductions
May 13, 2025 - The University of Maryland, Baltimore will lay off 30 full-time staff and eliminate 30 vacant positions due to federal funding cuts.
Trump administration nixes another $450M of Harvard University’s grants
May 13, 2025 - The federal government escalated attacks against the Ivy League institution, calling it a “breeding ground for virtue signaling and discrimination.”
NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
May 8, 2025 - Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
May 7, 2025 - A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants.
National Science Foundation faces lawsuit over 15% indirect research cap
May 7, 2025 - The legal challenge is at least the third levied against a federal agency in recent weeks for limiting reimbursement rates for colleges’ indirect costs.
Education researchers sue Trump administration, testing executive power
May 5, 2025 - Prominent scholars ask the courts to reverse DOGE cuts at the Education Department.
Brown University, others sue National Science Foundation over cuts to research funding
May 6, 2025 - Brown received $34.4 million in federal funding from the NSF, according to court filings.
Columbia University cuts 180 staffers funded by federal grants revoked by Trump administration
May 6, 2025 - The Trump administration pulled $400 million in federal funding from the campus in March.