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.
Higher Ed Policy and Budget Announcements
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
OSTP Memo: Gold Standard Science - NASA Watch
Jun 23, 2025 - Directed by President Trump's Executive Order (EO) 14303, "Restoring Gold Standard Science"
Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard
Jun 22, 2025 - More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
Temple University eyes job reductions amid $60M deficit for FY26
Jun 20, 2025 - The public institution’s president said that enrollment is starting to rebound after a steep drop since 2017, but costs have increased much more quickly.
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.
Trump says he's close to 'a Deal' with Harvard, as judge grants injunction
Jun 20, 2025 - Trump's Truth Social comments came as a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction that would continue blocking the president's efforts to bar international students from attending Harvard.
The Data We Take for Granted
Jun 20, 2025 - Like many things in life, we’ve been taking our data for granted and will miss it terribly when it’s gone.
Impact of NIH Grant Terminations on Population Association of America members
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How States Are Responding to the Rise of AI in Education
Jun 17, 2025 - When ChatGPT debuted in 2022, no states had policies related to generative artificial intelligence (genAI). Fast forward to April 2025, and at least 28.
Where is the best place to hold a scientific conference right now?
Jun 19, 2025 - An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. These locations could steal its crown and make conferences more globally inclusive.
Tracking the Trump administration’s moves to cap indirect research funding
Jun 19, 2025 - The agencies that have tried to limit reimbursement for overhead costs to 15% — and the legal challenges against them.
What would the ‘big, beautiful bill’s’ higher endowment tax mean for Duke?
Jun 17, 2025 - The bill might raise the endowment tax for Duke from 1.4% to 7%, and it could raise the tax by nearly 20 percentage points for other institutions.