China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college exams
Jun 9, 2025 - New age problems require new age solutions.
Higher Ed Policy and Budget Announcements
UMinnesota proposes tuition hikes across all campuses, 7% cut to academic programs
Jun 9, 2025 - The University of Minnesota is proposing tuition hikes of up to 7.5% and cuts to academic programs for the next fiscal year as it navigates what it calls "unprecedented challenges facing higher education."
More than 12,000 Harvard alumni unite to support university legal challenge
Jun 10, 2025 - Thousands of Harvard University alumni have signed on to a legal message of support for their alma mater.
Harvard Probed for Hiring Discrimination by US House Committee
Jun 10, 2025 - A congressional committee is investigating Harvard University over potential discrimination in its hiring and employment practices.
Williams College stops accepting federal grants, opposing new policy
Jun 10, 2025 -As some universities scramble to cope with the federal government's funding cuts, a Western Massachusetts college has declined the grants.
NAS President Says U.S. Science Is Facing ‘Pessimistic’ Future, Urges Changes to Regain Leadership in Science
Jun 9, 2025 - Marcia McNutt warned of a “pessimistic future” for U.S. science, from federal budget cuts to a burdensome regulatory environment to a loss of international talent, and proposed a range of actions to strengthen the research enterprise.
UCLA Professors express concern over research, programs following federal funding cuts
Jun 8, 2025 - The Trump administration has revoked federal grants and contracts from six American universities due to their alleged failure to resolve antisemitism on campus.
MIT Support for lawsuit defending scientific research
Jun 9, 2025 - "We felt compelled to make the case for its countless benefits to the court and, in effect, to the American people."
Visa to Harvard Postdoc Was Denied Under Trump’s Proclamation in Breach of Judge’s Temporary Halt
Jun 8, 2025 - President Donald Trump’s proclamation barred international students from entering the country to attend Harvard — even though a federal judge had temporarily blocked it.
Harvard Research Cuts Halt More Than 570 Subawards to Other Institutions, Including MGB Hospitals
Jun 7, 2025 - Harvard will cease funding more than 570 subawards for research at affiliated institutions across 32 states after cuts to federal support.
Brown University seeks to back Harvard’s lawsuit against Trump administration's federal funding cuts
Jun 8, 2025 - Brown, along with 17 other colleges and universities, submitted a request to file a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Harvard’s suit against the Trump administration’s cuts to the university’s research funding.
Federal judge issues injunction blocking Trump administration from detaining, arresting, or transferring Yunseo Chung, CC ’26
Jun 9, 2025 - Chung was one of nine individuals arrested at Barnard after a sit-in at the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning on March 5.
Columbia, Cornell only Ivies to not join amicus brief backing Harvard lawsuit against Trump administration
Jun 8, 2025 - Columbia and Cornell University are the only Ivy League institutions that have not joined an amicus brief in support of Harvard’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration over canceled federal funding.
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Texas Republicans pioneered in-state tuition for undocumented students. Now they're celebrating its end
Jun 6, 2025 - Now, some GOP lawmakers feel only U.S. citizens should be able to access in-state tuition.
Trump cut UC Berkeley researchers' funding. Their response is a fierce lawsuit.
Jun 5, 2025 - "I really believe in rule of law," one of the researchers suing the president said.
BU | Teaching AI to Personalize: Aldo Pacchiano Introduces a New Method for Adaptive Large Language Models
Jun 2, 2025 - In a new paper titled “Language Model Personalization via Reward Factorization,” Pacchiano and his co-authors introduce Personalization via Reward Factorization (PReF)
University of Illinois braces for visa revocations for Chinese students
Jun 4, 2025 - The school's flagship campus, which has the second largest number of international students of all public universities in the country, could be hit hard by Trump's plan to revoke Chinese student visas.
U.S. Department of Education Notifies Columbia University’s Accreditor of Columbia’s Title VI Violation
June 4, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) notified Middle States Commission on Higher Education that Columbia University is in violation of federal antidiscrimination laws.
So much for saving the planet. Climate careers, and many others, evaporate for class of 2025
May 29, 2025 - The Trump administration is disrupting career paths for new graduates hoping to work in climate change jobs, sustainability, international aid, public service and the sciences.
Ivy Tech to lay off 200 employees across Indiana
May 30, 2025 - Ivy Tech Community College will lay off 202 employees statewide as it responds to significant cuts in state funding and frozen tuition rates.
Hopkins freezes hiring, pauses pay increases amid federal cuts
Jun 3, 2025 - The Johns Hopkins University will freeze hiring, pause pay increases and slow down capital projects amid ongoing federal cuts and uncertainty, the school’s lead
FY26 budget plan would slash maximum Pell Grant by nearly a quarter
Jun 2, 2025 - The Education Department's proposal would also radically reduce funding for Federal Work-Study and require a bigger employer contribution.
AAAS FY 2026 R&D Appropriations Dashboard
May 30, 2025 - A dashboard comparing White House, House, and Senate spending proposals for science and technology programs in FY 2026.
RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals
May 28, 2025 - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said his agency will create “in-house” publications instead.
Rubio’s visa crunch has big consequences for public universities
May 29, 2025 - Public institutions in Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan and Texas rank among the top destinations for international students.
Eastern Michigan University to cut ties with Chinese colleges amid lawmaker push
May 30, 2025 - The institution is the latest to dissolve its partnerships after Republican legislators raised concerns about national security and research theft.
FY26 Statistical Agency Budget Developments
Jun 1, 2025 - This blog entry will track FY26 appropriations developments for the federal statistical agencies and so will be updated accordingly.
American Association of University Professors calls on Duke to 'immediately halt' its employee buyout program
May 28, 2025 - The statement alleges that Duke did not consult faculty and staff in decision-making prior to rolling out the VSIP and has not been transparent with its cost-cutting strategy
Northeastern braces as State Department temporarily halts student, exchange visa interviews
May 29, 2025 - The State Department has temporarily suspended all foreign exchange and student visa interviews as it begins implementing a new system to screen applicants’ social media activity.
Yale OISS updates guidance for international students as U.S. pauses student visa interviews
May 29, 2025 - The Office of International Students and Scholars advised students to submit visa applications as soon as possible and recommended students evaluate their digital footprints hours before the secretary of state announced plans to revoke visas from Chinese students.