School of Humanities and Sciences told to prepare for budget cuts
Apr. 30, 2025 - Stanford’s seven schools had been asked by Provost Jenny Martinez to model budget cuts and submit “high-level plans” for their implementation. H&S’s planning exercise involves modeling a 10% and 15% cut to general funds and a 10% cut to endowment funds.
Harvard Sends International Students’ Info to DHS, Does Not Specify What Records Were Shared
Apr. 30, 2025 - Harvard shared data with the Department of Homeland Security in response to its request for information on international students’ disciplinary records and illegal activity.
GW seeks reaccreditation as Trump targets accreditors’ DEI standards
May 1, 2025 - The start of this process, required every eight years by the accrediting body, comes amid Trump’s new executive order targeting college accreditation bodies that require institutions to have DEI initiatives.
AAU, Associations Send Letter in Opposition to the Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan
Apr. 29, 2025 - The overwhelming majority of provisions in the bill would reduce student aid to low-income students and would impose onerous financial penalties on institutions, particularly those least able to meet them.
If NSF Snoozes, Then TACC’s “Horizon” Supercomputer Loses
Apr. 30, 2025 - It is a tumultuous time for any agency in the US government or any company or organization that depends on the US government for a sizable portion of its.
Mohsen Mahdawi — the Columbia student arrested at his citizenship appointment — speaks
Apr. 30, 2025 - Speaking to NPR in his first media interview since his detention, lawful permanent U.S. resident Mohsen Mahdawi finds peace in meditation and hopes "America will fulfill its promise."
University of Pennsylvania violated Title IX, Education Department charges
Apr. 28, 2025 - The agency has been threatening education institutions with the loss of federal funding if they allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.
MIT Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI
Apr. 28, 2025 - MIT announced a Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI that will advise the Institute on best practices for community members and units using scholarly content to train generative AI (GenAI) models.
Johns Hopkins announces new research investments to help those affected by federal policy changes
Apr. 28, 2025 - Wide-ranging support targets faculty, staff, and students whose research activities have been affected by unexpected grant terminations, delays, or other interruptions
Immigration status restored for all affected NYU students
Apr. 28, 2025 - The federal government reactivated immigration statuses for all NYU students affected by the Trump administration’s crackdown on noncitizens.
Wisconsin joins lawsuit challenging cuts to federal education funding over DEI
Apr. 28, 2025 - Wisconsin and 18 other states filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the Trump administration’s threats to cut funding for school districts that do not end diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Immigration status records restored for four Yale students
Apr. 27, 2025 - The federal government reactivated the visitor status records of all four Yale students whose records were previously terminated in a Department of Homeland Security database.
Apr. 28, 2025 - UW-Madison can report that as of April 26, all 27 of its international students and alumni affected by SEVIS record terminations have been returned to active status.
Apr. 25, 2025 - The role is basically obsolete thanks to the breakneck speed of AI development and companies’ own maturity in terms of understanding how to use the technology.
Apr. 28, 2025 - Several volunteers and partners of the Data Rescue Project (DRP) have been working tirelessly for the last few weeks to back up the ERIC catalog and full-text PDFs.
Apr. 25, 2025 - Penn engineers have developed the first photonic chip that reshapes how light behaves to carry out the nonlinear mathematics at the heart of modern AI while reducing energy use.