Indiana public colleges to shed or consolidate over 400 degree programs
Jul 2, 2025 - The dramatic restructuring comes in response to a statute that aims to end programs that produce low numbers of graduates over a three-year period.
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
MSU to begin layoffs due to increasing costs and uncertain state and federal funding
Jul 1, 2025 - The layoffs are part of a larger plan to reduce general fund spending by 9% over the next two years.
Yale pauses hiring, tightens budget in anticipation of endowment tax hike
Jul 1, 2025 - The University will implement a 90-day hiring pause alongside other financial constraints as it navigates financial uncertainty in anticipation of a potential increase in the endowment gains tax.
The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France
Jul 1, 2025 - Aix-Marseille University is wooing researchers who feel targeted by the Trump administration.
HHS accuses Harvard of violating antidiscrimination law after antisemitism probe
Jul 1, 2025 - The latest salvo from the Trump administration threatens "the loss of all federal financial resources.”
Brown University preps for ‘significant cost-cutting’ amid federal funding disruption
Jun 30, 2025 - The Ivy League institution's top officials signaled possible staff reductions along with scaled back capital spending and other measures.
NIH still screens grants in process a judge ruled illegal
Jun 30, 2025 - Directives by the Trump administration are still being applied to grant materials despite court order.
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
Jun 27, 2025 - The Justice Department had demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school.
Stanford update on the 2025-26 budget
Jun 26, 2025 - The University is bracing for layoffs due to the changes in federal research support and an increase in the endowment tax.
How the Republican Agenda Could Hit Johns Hopkins University
Jun 26, 2025 - The university is not a direct target of the Trump administration but faces some of the biggest cuts, as Republicans seek to trim government spending.
Harvard vs Trump: what this epic battle means for science
Jun 26, 2025 - Research across science and medicine will probably shrink at one of the world’s most elite universities amid a new political reality.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
OSTP Memo: Gold Standard Science - NASA Watch
Jun 23, 2025 - Directed by President Trump's Executive Order (EO) 14303, "Restoring Gold Standard Science"
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.
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.