College Prices Seen as Unfair but Worth the Investment
Mar. 18, 2025 - Few current or prospective college students say four-year colleges charge fair prices, but most say the investment pays off within five years of graduation.
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Colleges Fear Decline in International Student Enrollment
Mar. 19, 2025 - International students are a financial lifeline for many colleges, and enrollments are just recovering from the pandemic. The Trump administration is pushing them away.
Princeton freezes most faculty and staff hiring in response to political uncertainty
Mar. 19, 2025 - The University has instituted a hiring freeze for most faculty and staff, according to a memo released to the University community on Wednesday morning.
University of California announces systemwide hiring freeze as funding cuts loom
Mar. 19, 2025 - The University of California announced that they will implement a hiring freeze and other cost-saving measures throughout the 10-campus system, amid potential cuts to funding.
Trump administration freezes $175 million in federal funding to Penn
Mar. 19, 2025 - According to a White House tweet, this decision is a result of Penn's "policies forcing women to compete with men in sports."
UT System Board of Regents bans drag shows from university campuses
Mar. 18, 2025 - “All activities at UT institutions are expected to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws and executive orders, including any restrictions on the use of public funds.”
Education Department investigates Emory over race-based discrimination
Mar. 18, 2025 - OCR initiated its investigation on March 14, citing allegations that graduate programs engaged in university partnerships and diversity initiatives that may involve “racial preferences and stereotypes.”
MIT | Security scheme could protect sensitive data during cloud computation
Mar. 19, 2025 - A theoretical encryption technique could enable anyone to perform computations on encrypted messages without learning anything about the underlying sensitive data. The method, developed at MIT, could prove to be efficient enough to implement in real-world scenarios.
Chris Simmons discusses Duke University response to federal policy changes at GPSG meeting
Mar. 19, 2025 - VP for Government Relations, Chris Simmons, noted that in the past six weeks, the University has not received a single new research grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Professors urge defense of higher education at newly reconstituted AAUP chapter meeting
Mar. 19, 2025 - Topics included institutional neutrality, shared governance, and responses to recent attacks on higher education.
Penn issues guidance to University community warning of potential travel ban, visa revocations
Mar. 18, 2025 - The March 18 message reaffirmed Penn’s commitment to supporting international members of the University community and issued recommendations to impacted individuals.
School of Data Science faculty improve AI reliability in medical field
Mar. 17, 2025 - Researchers at the UTSA School of Data Science are making artificial intelligence (AI) more reliably answer medical questions.
NJIT's Bader, Who Helped Invent Modern Supercomputing, Gets HoF Honor
Mar. 17, 2025 - The museum committee cited Bader for “revolutioniz[ing] the computing industry through groundbreaking innovations that democratized high-performance computing.”
University of Michigan hosts NLP @ Michigan Day
Mar. 18, 2025 - The event drew over 100 researchers to Ann Arbor to discuss the latest research in natural language processing.
Penn State Artificial Intelligence Week 2025: April 14-17 | Penn State University
Mar. 18, 2025 - Penn State Artificial Intelligence (AI) Week will run from April 14 through April 17 at University Park.
Final FY 2025 R&D Appropriations | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Mar. 18, 2025 - Last week's deal to fund the government through Sept. 30 will likely result in a 3.7% cut from the estimated FY24 funding levels for federal research and development.
The Trump Administration Cut Cancer and Alzheimer’s Research Funding …
Mar. 18, 2025 - The termination of more than 400 NIH grants to Columbia University over its handling of Gaza protests will directly impact Alzheimer's and cancer research
St. Norbert College to cut over 2 dozen faculty positions and 20 programs
Mar. 18, 2025 - The Catholic institution in Wisconsin is still trying to cut $7 million from its fiscal 2026 budget after previously initiating multiple rounds of layoffs.
Gender gaps in certain STEM majors are widening — but not everywhere
Mar. 19, 2025 - Growing divides in physics and other fields at less selective colleges may be troubling for institutions hoping to graduate students into high-paying careers.
U of T ranked in top 20 globally across all broad subject areas: QS World University Rankings by Subject
Mar. 17, 2025 - The University of Toronto is ranked first in Canada and among the top 20 universities in the world across all five broad subject areas tracked by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.
“We have the right to determine our own missions” | Mount Holyoke College
Mar. 18, 2025 - President Danielle R. Holley defended universities’ right to autonomy. “The government really has some serious restrictions under the First Amendment about telling us what our values and missions can be.”
Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
Mar. 18, 2025 - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution in an order that blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from making further cuts to the agency.
Online college courses are popular, why do they still cost so much?
Mar. 15, 2025 - Most Americans think online courses should be cheaper than in-person college classes, but most online programs cost the same or more.
EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees
Mar. 18, 2025 - The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research program and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rules safeguarding human health and the environment.
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Mar. 16, 2025 - Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promising field of medical research.
DOGE order leads to journal cancellations by U.S. agricultural library
Mar. 17, 2025 - “We can’t do science without these,” one researcher says of the hundreds of journals no longer accessible
UMichigan-Ann Arbor | CAI seeks proposals on online certificate programs
Mar. 18, 2025 - The Center for Academic Innovation is accepting proposals for online certificate programs that equip learners with in-demand skills across industries.
Gov. Hochul encourages federal cooperation, support for New York AI development
Mar. 18, 2025 - Gov. Hochul released a statement regarding the CHIPS act and Micron deal following President Trump’s accusations of “wasteful” AI spending.
Princeton alumni in federal agencies speak out after being fired by DOGE
Mar. 18, 2025 - Princeton alumni in federal agencies who currently work or have recently been fired from their positions reflect on DOGE’s practices.
Penn received over $1 billion in federal funding in 2024
Mar. 18, 2025 - The DP used United States Department of the Treasury data to measure federal funding distributed to Penn and its affiliates in fiscal year 2024.