Higher Ed Policy and Budget Announcements

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Harvard Departments Brace for Teaching Fellow Shortage After Ph.D. Cuts

Dec 4, 2025 - Harvard’s deep cuts to PhD admissions are on track to leave undergraduate courses short of teaching fellows within two years, a looming squeeze already pushing departments to prepare contingency plans.

Harvard Departments Brace for Teaching Fellow Shortage After Ph.D. Cuts

Yale expects layoffs as leaders brace for $300M in endowment taxes

Dec 5, 2025 - The Ivy League institution’s tax bill starting next year will be higher than what it spends on student aid, university officials said.

Yale expects layoffs as leaders brace for $300M in endowment taxes

FY26 Appropriations Update: House Appropriators Propose Difficult Budget Cuts for NSF, NIST, and NASA

Dec 4, 2025 - Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2026 House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science legislation.

FY26 Appropriations Update: House Appropriators Propose Difficult Budget Cuts for NSF, NIST, and NASA

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine

Dec 2, 2025 - A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine

Here’s what to know about Calvin University’s 12.5% faculty reduction, program cuts

Dec 2, 2025 - The cuts were described in a letter as honoring Calvin’s “distinctive mission” and ensuring long-term sustainability.

Here’s what to know about Calvin University’s 12.5% faculty reduction, program cuts

Texas Tech System restricts race and gender teaching

Dec 1, 2025 - Tech, now the second Texas public university system to add similar teaching restrictions, had earlier directed faculty to follow state and federal guidance recognizing only two sexes.

Texas Tech System restricts race and gender teaching

White House Announces Genesis Mission with the Aim to Accelerate Scientific Discovery through AI

Dec 1, 2025 - This new effort is described as a “whole-of-government approach” creating, “a national discovery platform that unites the world’s most powerful supercomputers, AI systems, and emerging quantum technologies with the nation’s most advanced scientific instruments.”

White House Announces Genesis Mission with the Aim to Accelerate Scientific Discovery through AI

University of Lynchburg offers faculty buyouts to address finances

Dec 1, 2025 - An administrator says no programs will be cut, and there's not a target figure for how faculty accept the offer.

University of Lynchburg offers faculty buyouts to address finances

What’s in Northwestern University’s deal with the Trump administration?

Dec 1, 2025 - The Illinois institution agreed to pay the federal government $75 million over three years and make key policy changes to have research funding restored.

What’s in Northwestern University’s deal with the Trump administration?

University of Chicago nearly halves its budget deficit to $160M

Dec 1, 2025 - Revenue growth outpaced cost increases as the private nonprofit aims for a balanced budget by the decade’s end.

University of Chicago nearly halves its budget deficit to $160M

How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year

Dec 1, 2025 - Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack

How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year

Economic Data Dashboards Flourish to Track the Trump Effect

Nov 28, 2025 - Watch groups are on the alert for anything out of the ordinary in the official US government data.

Economic Data Dashboards Flourish to Track the Trump Effect

Trump’s AI ‘Genesis Mission’: what are the risks and opportunities?

Nov 26, 2025 - National laboratories have been instructed to broaden access to their data sets to accelerate research as part of the federal government’s AI platform. But who stands to benefit?

Trump’s AI ‘Genesis Mission’: what are the risks and opportunities?

Indiana Universities must explain how new degrees promote American values

Nov 21, 2025 - The new degree proposal form issued by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education asks how programs cultivate "commitment to the core values of American society."

Indiana Universities must explain how new degrees promote American values

Florida public universities plan to cut at least 18 academic programs

Nov 24, 2025 - The eliminations are part of a regular review of degree productivity based on graduate numbers. The latest review found 214 underperforming programs.

Florida public universities plan to cut at least 18 academic programs

Canada seeks star academics from abroad, but stable funding for higher education remains a concern

Nov 14, 2025 - Proponents believe a current push to recruit star researchers from abroad will mean top-tier learning for Canadian students and a boost to research innovation and excellence.

Canada seeks star academics from abroad, but stable funding for higher education remains a concern

Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department

Nov 18, 2025 - The department will shift responsibility for several of its core functions to other federal agencies.

Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department

How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts

Nov 17, 2025 - Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.

How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts

Grad school cuts are shrinking Ph.D. enrollment at Duke

Nov 17, 2025 - Duke University made deep cuts, while N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill kept growing.

Grad school cuts are shrinking Ph.D. enrollment at Duke

Keene State to lay off staff positions, asking faculty to retire after state cuts

Nov 13, 2025 - A round of layoffs is coming down the pike at a college in Keene NH after state-level cut to the state university system left the school with a $4 million gap to close by the end of next fiscal year.

Keene State to lay off staff positions, asking faculty to retire after state cuts

Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics

Nov 13, 2025 - Texas A&M University System regents on Thursday adopted a new policy requiring professors to first get approval to discuss some race and gender topics.

Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics

International students in US up 4.5% in 2024-25 — but warning signs loom

Nov 17, 2025 - U.S. colleges enrolled more foreign students than ever before in the last academic year. But newly surveyed colleges say that enrollment is now falling.

International students in US up 4.5% in 2024-25 — but warning signs loom

Sterling College in Vermont to close

Nov 14, 2025 - The environmental-focused institution, which has under 40 students, said that closing now was the responsible move to support their transitions.

Sterling College in Vermont to close

Education Department zeroes in on 4-year colleges for expanded IPEDS collection

Nov 13, 2025 - The plan would exclude two-year colleges and open-enrollment institutions that award financial aid solely based on need.

Education Department zeroes in on 4-year colleges for expanded IPEDS collection

Rider set to lay off 25% of faculty after university placed on financial probation

Nov 11, 2025 - Administrators plan to lay off 25% of its full-time faculty by Dec. 31.

Rider set to lay off 25% of faculty after university placed on financial probation

University of Nebraska-Lincoln leader reduces program cuts from 6 to 4

Nov 12, 2025 - While the public institution's chancellor backed away from some cuts, he is moving forward with others that face fierce opposition.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln leader reduces program cuts from 6 to 4

China’s new scientist visa is a ‘serious bid’ for the world’s top talent

Nov 11, 2025 - The country is easing migration for young researchers to boost its competitiveness in artificial intelligence, robotics and new materials.

China’s new scientist visa is a ‘serious bid’ for the world’s top talent

Graduate Programs Will Soon Feel the Brunt of Loan Caps as Changes to Federal Aid Advance

Nov 6, 2025 - If fewer students can afford to enroll, higher-ed advocates say, colleges may struggle to sustain many of their master’s and professional degrees.

Graduate Programs Will Soon Feel the Brunt of Loan Caps as Changes to Federal Aid Advance

What college leaders should know about the $100K H-1B visa fee

Nov 11, 2025 - One higher education expert suggested leaders educate local and federal lawmakers about the “adverse impact” of the new policy.

What college leaders should know about the $100K H-1B visa fee

Cornell inks $60M deal with Trump administration to restore funding

Nov 7, 2025 - The agreement, which ends multiple federal investigations into the university, also requires it to report extensive undergraduate admissions data quarterly.

Cornell inks $60M deal with Trump administration to restore funding