Trump versus higher education: deportations, cuts, climate change, and academic reactions
Apr. 9, 2025 - Key developments, both in video and blog text.
Higher Ed News
Conn President and Dean of Admissions Weigh in on State of Higher Education
Apr. 9, 2025 - Colleges and universities serve as microcosms of U.S. society, reflecting its larger systems of power and oppression.
NC Senate passes bill to eliminate DEI in higher education
Apr. 9, 2025 - Republicans claim the bill would not infringe on any First Amendment rights, or prevent access to materials for academic purposes and instruction or discussion so long as it is made clear the school does not endorse any divisive concepts.
Americans without a degree still believe in the value of college, a new poll says
Apr. 9, 2025 - The majority of Americans without degrees still believe in the value of higher education, according to the poll. But not all college degrees are created equal.
2025 Higher Education Trends
Apr. 7, 2025 - Insights from Deloitte’s third annual forum on the New Era of Higher Education: Learn about challenges and opportunities shaping America’s higher education sector.
Tracking Trump’s Higher-Ed Agenda
Apr. 9, 2025 - The federal government is reshaping its relationship with the nation’s colleges. Use our new tracker to keep up with the latest.
New regulations regarding bulk U.S. sensitive data
Apr. 9, 2025 - New federal regulations are now in place aimed at preventing individuals or entities located in, or affiliated with, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Russia, Venezuela, Iran, Cuba and North Korea from accessing certain bulk sensitive personal data relating to individuals in the United States or U.S. persons.
UToronto's The Varsity breaks down U of T’s $3.62 billion budget so you don’t have to
Apr. 4, 2025 - How the university will handle international tuition hikes, graduate funding, strategic investments
U-M Ann Arbor student visas terminated by federal government rises to 12
Apr. 9, 2025 - 22 U-M affiliated individuals have had their visas terminated by the Department of Homeland Security, including 12 students and 10 graduates.
A dozen Northwestern staff members’ titles changed to exclude DEI across undergraduate, graduate schools
Apr. 9, 2025 - The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications removed references to DEI from at least one title.
Trump administration revokes multiple international student visas at Pitt and other Pennsylvania universities
Apr. 9, 2025 - This week, international students at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, among other Pennsylvania colleges, had their visas revoked by the Trump administration.
UChicago announces unified Division of the Arts & Humanities
Apr. 9, 2025 - This announcement marks an important step in bringing together these closely connected disciplines in new and meaningful ways.
ACLU attorney raises concerns over terminated student visa
Apr. 9, 2025 - The recent visa record terminations of six University of Wisconsin students and seven alumni have caused concerns regarding international students.
3 NJIT Colleges Are Among US News 'Best Graduate Schools'
Apr. 8, 2025 - The latest graduate studies rankings from U.S. News & World Report highlight the national standing of New Jersey Institute of Technology in the fields of engineering, computer science and now business.
UC San Diego Leads $20M Grant to Provide Commercial Cloud Resources to National Research Community
Apr. 9, 2025 - CloudBank 2 will be a service-based resource, providing commercial cloud resources, from Jupyter Notebooks and secure data to the latest GPUs and quantum computers.
BU CDS Student Voices & Inspirations: One Word’25
Apr. 9, 2025 - In the spirit of Giving Day 2025, the Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences is spotlighting eight data science students, all of whom reflect on their educational experience, the CDS community, and what CDS means to them.
AI and Tech Innovation at Columbia Data Science Day 2025
Apr. 8, 2025 - At Data Science Day 2025, it was clear that the Data Science Institute is a Columbia engine for interdisciplinary data science and AI research—and a partner helping industry innovate responsibly.
How a UCSD Climate Scientist Aims to Close the Gap in Cloud Prediction with Machine Learning – Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
Apr. 9, 2025 - One scientist’s work at the University of California San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI), part of the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS), aims to demonstrate why federal research support matters.
UWisconsin-Madison | Inaugural Open Award Recipients Recognized at the Research Bazaar
Apr. 8, 2025 - On March 20th, campus leaders were recognized at the UW–Madison Open Awards for their significant contributions to open scholarship and open source.
U-M Ann Arbor | MIDAS AI in Science Fellows Receive $100K in Funding for a Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning Workshop
Apr. 7, 2025 - On April 2nd, 2025, a proposal by five AI in Science Fellows at the Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society (MIDAS) was awarded by the Schmidt Sciences Community Initiative Fund.
UWashington | The Use of Machine Learning to Predict Hospital Readmissions After Lower Limb Amputation in the Medicare Population – eScience Institute
Apr. 9, 2025 - This work aims to identify which combinations of patient, facility, and community characteristics are most associated with readmission risk.
ASA DataFest Returns to NC State
Apr. 8, 2025 - The Data Science and AI Academy (DSA) began hosting DataFest on NC State's campus.
UC Berkeley Jennifer Chayes named to Politico's Top 20 Most Influential in California Tech
Apr. 9, 2025 - Jennifer Chayes, professor and dean of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, has been recognized by Politico as one the top 20 most influential players in California technology.
UVA SDS Dean’s Blog: Women in Data Science
Apr. 9, 2025 - The UVA School of Data Science hosted its 7th Women in Data Science Charlottesville conference, celebrating an inclusive future in data science.
UMichigan-Ann Arbor | AI with, for and by everyone can help maximize its benefits
Apr. 9, 2025 - Involving a wider swatch of people in AI development can help maximize its benefits.
The Penn ASSET Center Advances Trustworthy AI with Support from AWS
Apr. 9, 2025 - As AI continues to evolve, its integration into safety-critical domains, such as autonomous vehicles or medical diagnosis tools, has raised pressing concerns.
NCEMS working groups to answer molecular and cellular bioscience questions | Penn State University
Apr. 9, 2025 - The NSF National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences at Penn State formed 10 initial working groups, which will conduct research in accordance with open science principles, producing peer-reviewed articles, public datasets, reproducible workflows and other forms of openly shared knowledge to advance molecular sciences.
‘Constantly on defense’: Brown Professors discuss data preservation, integrity under Trump
Apr. 7, 2025 - Five professors across many disciplines spoke at the “Data in the Trump/DOGE Era” panel.
The California State University Weekly Updates
Apr. 9, 2025 - As of April 9, 2025, a total of 40 CSU students have been impacted by visa revocations since the start of the year.
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws
Apr. 8, 2025 - The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.