2025 Policy and Budget Announcements

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Compromising or Capitulating? Faculty Debate Whether Harvard Should Take a Trump Deal

Jun 25, 2025 - Harvard had restarted negotiations with the Trump administration. Several faculty members said they were alarmed by the prospect of striking a deal with the White House.

Compromising or Capitulating? Faculty Debate Whether Harvard Should Take a Trump Deal

The US Department of Education is far behind on producing key statistics

Jun 25, 2025 - Federal education data releases have slowed dramatically, with major gaps in the 2024 Digest and Condition of Education report.

The US Department of Education is far behind on producing key statistics

Prestigious NSF graduate fellowship tilts toward AI and quantum

Jun 25, 2025 - Students in the life sciences are shut out of latest cohort of 500 fellows

Prestigious NSF graduate fellowship tilts toward AI and quantum

HUD plans move to Alexandria, booting National Science Foundation from headquarters

Jun 25, 2025 - The Department of Housing and Urban Development will move its employees out of D.C. to Alexandria, Virginia, booting the National Science Foundation from its headquarters.

HUD plans move to Alexandria, booting National Science Foundation from headquarters

Parking wars: Education Department cites logistics for delay of laid-off workers’ return

Jun 25, 2025 - The Trump administration laid off about 1,300 Education Department workers. A federal judge ordered the department to bring them back. The Supreme Court could have the final say.

Parking wars: Education Department cites logistics for delay of laid-off workers’ return

Following court order, NIH ceases new terminations of politically sensitive grants

Jun 25, 2025 - After a judge told agency to restore hundreds of killed grants, NIH backs off plans to cancel more existing projects

Following court order, NIH ceases new terminations of politically sensitive grants

Trump admin cuts contracts with scientific publishing giant

Jun 25, 2025 - The administration has questioned editorial practices and whether journals are partisans in scientific debates

Trump admin cuts contracts with scientific publishing giant

Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing

Jun 24, 2025 - The cutoff is 15 graduates/year for undergrad majors, 7 for Masters programs, and 3 for PhD programs, averaged over 3 years.

Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing

Judge strikes down National Science Foundation’s 15% funding cap for research overhead

Jun 24, 2025 - With the new ruling, efforts to cap research overhead reimbursement have now been blocked at four federal agencies.

Judge strikes down National Science Foundation’s 15% funding cap for research overhead

Maine community colleges forced to close chapter on free tuition

Jun 24, 2025 - This year's graduates will be the last to benefit from a free tuition program.

Maine community colleges forced to close chapter on free tuition

Sluggishness and defensiveness helped enable an executive order on research integrity

Jun 24, 2025 - The scientific community has largely reacted negatively to the directive, fearing that the way oversight by political appointees is specified in the order will lead to interference in the curiosity-driven process of science.

Sluggishness and defensiveness helped enable an executive order on research integrity

NIH grantees may face long wait for restored money

Jun 24, 2025 - Researchers who saw their NIH grants restored could face long waits accessing the money.

NIH grantees may face long wait for restored money

Will Gates and other funders save massive public health database at risk from Trump cuts?

Jun 23, 2025 - UN in talks with governments and funding bodies to save highly cited, 40-year health data set used by researchers in more than 90 countries.

Will Gates and other funders save massive public health database at risk from Trump cuts?

UW-Madison announces budget cuts for all departments up to 7 percent

Jun 23, 2025 - Facing funding cuts from the Trump administration and uncertainty from the Wisconsin Legislature, the flagship university directed all departments to cut their budgets between 5 percent and 7 percent next year

UW-Madison announces budget cuts for all departments up to 7 percent

Texas directs public universities to identify undocumented students

Jun 23, 2025 - It’s unclear what information schools might ask from students and how their immigration data will be protected.

Texas directs public universities to identify undocumented students

Potential Impact of the NIH's proposed FY26 budget

Jun 23, 2025 - An $estimated 46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.

Potential Impact of the NIH's proposed FY26 budget

OSTP Memo: Gold Standard Science - NASA Watch

Jun 23, 2025 - Directed by President Trump's Executive Order (EO) 14303, "Restoring Gold Standard Science"

OSTP Memo: Gold Standard Science - NASA Watch

Accidental death data threatened by Trump CDC cuts

Jun 23, 2025 - Key data on fatal car accidents, drug overdose deaths, firearm injuries and even dog bites is at risk.

Accidental death data threatened by Trump CDC cuts

Belt-tightening continues at UMass amid federal funding cuts

Jun 22, 2025 - Campus officials have called for various belt-tightening measures, including spending reductions of 3% and 5% in all academic and administrative departments.

Belt-tightening continues at UMass amid federal funding cuts

Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard

Jun 22, 2025 - More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.

Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard

Temple University eyes job reductions amid $60M deficit for FY26

Jun 20, 2025 - The public institution’s president said that enrollment is starting to rebound after a steep drop since 2017, but costs have increased much more quickly.

Temple University eyes job reductions amid $60M deficit for FY26

Trump says he's close to 'a Deal' with Harvard, as judge grants injunction

Jun 20, 2025 - Trump's Truth Social comments came as a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction that would continue blocking the president's efforts to bar international students from attending Harvard.

Trump says he's close to 'a Deal' with Harvard, as judge grants injunction

The Data We Take for Granted

Jun 20, 2025 - Like many things in life, we’ve been taking our data for granted and will miss it terribly when it’s gone.

The Data We Take for Granted

Impact of NIH Grant Terminations on Population Association of America members

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Impact of NIH Grant Terminations on Population Association of America members

Where is the best place to hold a scientific conference right now?

Jun 19, 2025 - An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. These locations could steal its crown and make conferences more globally inclusive.

Where is the best place to hold a scientific conference right now?

Tracking the Trump administration’s moves to cap indirect research funding

Jun 19, 2025 - The agencies that have tried to limit reimbursement for overhead costs to 15% — and the legal challenges against them.

Tracking the Trump administration’s moves to cap indirect research funding

Judge orders federal government to restore some canceled NIH funds

Jun 18, 2025 - U.S. District Court Judge William Young ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully cancelled NIH funding for research related to topics of DEI

Judge orders federal government to restore some canceled NIH funds

State Dept. restarts student visa interviews with tougher social media rules

Jun 18, 2025 - Foreign nationals who seek visas to study in the United States will have to make social media posts public to be scrutinized for hostility toward the U.S.

State Dept. restarts student visa interviews with tougher social media rules

What would the ‘big, beautiful bill’s’ higher endowment tax mean for Duke?

Jun 17, 2025 - The bill might raise the endowment tax for Duke from 1.4% to 7%, and it could raise the tax by nearly 20 percentage points for other institutions.

What would the ‘big, beautiful bill’s’ higher endowment tax mean for Duke?

How States Are Responding to the Rise of AI in Education

Jun 17, 2025 - When ChatGPT debuted in 2022, no states had policies related to generative artificial intelligence (genAI). Fast forward to April 2025, and at least 28.

How States Are Responding to the Rise of AI in Education