Higher Ed Policy and Budget Announcements

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Stanford President and Provost address campus uncertainty

Apr. 1, 2025 - President Jon Levin and Provost Jenny Martinez wrote to students on Monday with a message of support for the academic freedom of the University, given recent federal challenges.

Stanford President and Provost address campus uncertainty

Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say

Mar. 31, 2025 - Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.

Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will cut at least $250M as federal government slashes health spending

Mar. 30, 2025 - CEO Jeff Balser informed his staff about the reductions in a video this week.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will cut at least $250M as federal government slashes health spending

Widespread job cuts begin at health agencies

Apr. 1, 2025 - The layoffs and reorganization efforts reflect the extent to which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is willing to go to remake the country's public health infrastructure.

Widespread job cuts begin at health agencies

Northwestern faces another congressional investigation

Mar. 31, 2025 - This time, a committee argues that legal clinics at the law school are using tax dollars to “engage in progressive-left political advocacy.”

Northwestern faces another congressional investigation

Trump administration pulls waiver that supported undocumented college students in Oregon, California

Mar. 28, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education has revoked waivers that allowed colleges and universities in Oregon and California to provide services to undocumented students through federal funds.

Trump administration pulls waiver that supported undocumented college students in Oregon, California

Ohio and Kentucky enact laws banning DEI at public colleges

Mar. 31, 2025 - Conservative lawmakers in both states successfully pushed through the bills after failed attempts in previous years.

Ohio and Kentucky enact laws banning DEI at public colleges

Harvard University faces $9B federal funding review

Mar. 31, 2025 - The investigation into the Ivy League institution is the largest yet by the Trump administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.

Harvard University faces $9B federal funding review

Harvard Dismisses Leaders of Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Mar. 28, 2025 - Interim Harvard Dean of Social Science dismissed the director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, professor of Turkish Studies Cemal Kafadar, and its associate director, History professor Rosie Bsheer.

Harvard Dismisses Leaders of Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Catholic Relief Services hit by USAID budget cuts

Mar. 31, 2025 - Catholic Relief Services, a longtime partner of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, has lost 62% of their funding with the recent federal budget cuts.

Catholic Relief Services hit by USAID budget cuts

UMich faces critical student backlash after eliminating DEI

Mar. 31, 2025 - Student organizations condemned the University ending DEI in a critical joint statement, saying that it represented the submission to federal attacks on higher education.

UMich faces critical student backlash after eliminating DEI

Trump Administration To Review Billions in Federal Funding to Harvard

Mar. 31, 2025 - Three federal agencies announced a review of more than $250 million in federal grants and contracts to Harvard as part of an ongoing investigation into the University by the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism.

Trump Administration To Review Billions in Federal Funding to Harvard

The Northwestern Graduate School replaces Diversity Office with Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Success

Mar. 29. 2025 - This restructuring represents the latest episode in the erasure of diversity, equity and inclusion practices at NU.

The Northwestern Graduate School replaces Diversity Office with Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Success

Trump returned to office 10 weeks ago. Here’s how his policies have reshaped Penn.

Mar. 30, 2025 - Ten weeks into Trump’s second presidential term, The Daily Pennsylvanian compiled the impacts of federal policy changes on Penn and examined how the University has responded.

Trump returned to office 10 weeks ago. Here’s how his policies have reshaped Penn.

Brown administrators clarify immigration enforcement policies, address research funding cuts

Mar. 31, 2025 - The letter follows the deportation of Assistant Professor Rasha Alawieh and cuts to federal funding at Columbia and Penn.

Brown administrators clarify immigration enforcement policies, address research funding cuts

Yale refutes ICE presence rumors but releases law enforcement guide, restricts building access

Mar. 29, 2025 - Yale Public Safety announced that campus building access will be restricted to ID holders.

Yale refutes ICE presence rumors but releases law enforcement guide, restricts building access

Columbia, Trump, and $400 million: 25 years ago and now

Mar. 31, 2025 - Although the decision was made this month, Trump’s conflict with Columbia dates back 25 years.

Columbia, Trump, and $400 million: 25 years ago and now

These US labs risk imminent closure after Trump cuts

Mar. 28, 2025 - US researchers who must forage for their own salary by finding grants fear they will be the first to go as federal research dollars disappear.

These US labs risk imminent closure after Trump cuts

Stanford, Cal and UCLA investigated in Trump's anti-DEI campaign

Mar. 27, 2025 - The Trump administration opened investigations into the admissions policies at Stanford University and UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Irvine.

Stanford, Cal and UCLA investigated in Trump's anti-DEI campaign

Where Are State DOGE Groups? A Map of Efficiency Initiatives

Mar. 28, 2025 - A tracker of the evolving landscape of state government efficiency initiatives, distinguishing between those directly inspired by federal DOGE directives and independent programs.

Where Are State DOGE Groups? A Map of Efficiency Initiatives

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado

Mar. 30, 2025 - Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado

CU Anshutz | An Update on Salary Setting, Hiring & University Travel

Mar. 21, 2025 - Hiring is not halted entirely at this time, but the university is postponing non-clinical hires and roles not approved as critical for ongoing operations.

CU Anshutz | An Update on Salary Setting, Hiring & University Travel

When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed

Mar. 29, 2025 - US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuary.

When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed

Florida college fires Chinese professor under state’s ‘countries of concern’ law

Mar. 29, 2025 - New College of Florida fired Kevin Wang, a professor who sought asylum and is authorized to work in the US.

Florida college fires Chinese professor under state’s ‘countries of concern’ law

LSU announces hiring freeze

Mar. 28, 2025 - LSU President William Tate announced a hiring freeze for most of the university, along with other cost-saving measures.

LSU announces hiring freeze

Trump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museums

Mar. 27, 2025 - The order says that "divisive narratives" must be purged from the US museums and research centers.

Trump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museums

ICE detains University of Alabama doctoral student as government's college crackdown continues

Mar. 27, 2025 - According to ICE records, Iranian national Alireza Doroudi is currently being held in a "detention facility" after he was recently detained.

ICE detains University of Alabama doctoral student as government's college crackdown continues

UMich announces cuts to all DEI programs

Mar. 27, 2025 - The University of Michigan announced cuts to campus-wide diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, effective immediately.

UMich announces cuts to all DEI programs

Russian Harvard Researcher Detained at Louisiana ICE Facility After Visa Revocation

Mar. 28, 2025 - Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova is detained at an ICE facility in Louisiana.

Russian Harvard Researcher Detained at Louisiana ICE Facility After Visa Revocation

NIH nixes at least 10 Northwestern research projects related to LGBTQ+ health issues

Mar. 28, 2025 - NIH terminated at least 10 Northwestern research projects within the last month, many of which related to LGBTQ+ health issues.

NIH nixes at least 10 Northwestern research projects related to LGBTQ+ health issues