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GW lays off 43 staff as FY2026 first quarter closes

Sep 30, 2025 - The layoffs, which officials disclosed to impacted staff earlier in the day, quash months of speculation over whether officials would cut personnel amid a yearslong structural deficit.

GW lays off 43 staff as FY2026 first quarter closes

Federal government cuts roughly $3.5M for UC Berkeley languages, international institutes

Sep 30, 2025 - The federal government has cut roughly $3.5 million for this academic year, the final year of UC Berkeley’s grants for Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965

Federal government cuts roughly $3.5M for UC Berkeley languages, international institutes

Top US researchers rush to relocate to Europe

Sep 29, 2025 - U.S.-based applicants to a prestigious EU research scheme have increased five-fold.

Top US researchers rush to relocate to Europe

Texas Tech orders colleges to align instruction with Trump administration’s gender views

Sep 29, 2025 - The directive from Chancellor Tedd Mitchell immediately drew backlash from free speech advocates, with one attorney describing it as “obvious censorship.”

Texas Tech orders colleges to align instruction with Trump administration’s gender views

UNC Chapel Hill's lack of a standardized AI policy leaves students and faculty to their own devices

Sep 28, 2025 - In a 2024 survey from the Provost’s AI Committee, 94 percent of undergraduate respondents said that they understood the benefits and detriments AI can pose to learning.

UNC Chapel Hill's lack of a standardized AI policy leaves students and faculty to their own devices

40 US colleges defeat antitrust lawsuit over financial aid

Sep 26, 2025 - Forty elite private U.S. universities have convinced a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit that accused them of conspiring to overcharge for tuition by including the assets of noncustodial parents in determining financial aid.

40 US colleges defeat antitrust lawsuit over financial aid

Northeastern increased salaries, assets and employees in Fiscal Year 2024. Here’s a breakdown.

Sep 25, 2025 - For the third year in a row, Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun’s salary has exceeded $2 million, making him the highest-paid university president in Massachusetts.

Northeastern increased salaries, assets and employees in Fiscal Year 2024. Here’s a breakdown.

Southern Oregon University to cut 23 programs and lay off 18 employees

Sep 25, 2025 - The public institution "is no longer a comprehensive university" and must pare down its academic offerings, according to a new board-approved plan.

Southern Oregon University to cut 23 programs and lay off 18 employees

Brown University to lay off 48 employees and eliminate 55 vacant roles

Sep 24, 2025 - The Ivy League institution is making the cuts as part of a broader effort to shave $30 million from its budget.

Brown University to lay off 48 employees and eliminate 55 vacant roles

Federal judge orders NIH to restore grants to UCLA

Sep 24, 2025 - The ruling also directs three federal agencies to reinstate grants cut en masse from University of California campuses under the Trump administration.

Federal judge orders NIH to restore grants to UCLA

Here's everything Trump is changing with H-1B visas

Sep 22, 2025 - President Donald Trump raised the fee for an H-1B visa to $100,000 on Friday, leaving companies scrambling to respond.

Here's everything Trump is changing with H-1B visas

‘It’s a capitulation’: Berkeley grieves as its university bends to Trump

Sep 20, 2025 - Berkeley is in upheaval after Trump turned his attention from East Coast universities to the West.

‘It’s a capitulation’: Berkeley grieves as its university bends to Trump

Education Department Gives Harvard 20 Days To Submit Documents in Admissions Investigation

Sep 19, 2025 - The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on Friday gave Harvard a 20-day deadline to turn over information in an investigation into its consideration of race in undergraduate admissions, accusing the University of ignoring repeated requests for documents.

Education Department Gives Harvard 20 Days To Submit Documents in Admissions Investigation

Trump Officials Question Harvard’s Stability, Saying Federal Inquiries Raise Financial Risk

Sep 19, 2025 - The administration’s latest attack on the nation’s oldest university comes as negotiations stall for a settlement to restore billions in frozen federal research funds.

Trump Officials Question Harvard’s Stability, Saying Federal Inquiries Raise Financial Risk

Cal Poly state funding cut by $9.7 million amid statewide budget deficit

Sep 16, 2025 - Cal Poly faces $9.7 million state funding reduction, impacting operations. Tuition increase and deferred funding amidst budget deficit.

Cal Poly state funding cut by $9.7 million amid statewide budget deficit

‘It is a shakedown’: Columbia, Penn, Brown settle with government as peer Ivy League institutions remain in crosshairs

Sep 11, 2025 - In the first eight months of Donald Trump’s second term, his administration has escalated federal scrutiny on dozens of universities across the country, including the eight institutions that make up the Ivy League.

‘It is a shakedown’: Columbia, Penn, Brown settle with government as peer Ivy League institutions remain in crosshairs

Education Department cancels $350M in grants for minority-serving institutions

Sep 11, 2025 - U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Wednesday decried the funding as promoting "government-mandated racial quotas."

Education Department cancels $350M in grants for minority-serving institutions

Federal judge declines to restore $1B in grants cut by NSF

Sep 11, 2025 - The lawsuit over the agency’s mass grant terminations will proceed, but plaintiffs will have to seek monetary relief in another court.

Federal judge declines to restore $1B in grants cut by NSF

U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue, Lutnick says

Sep 10, 2025 - The Trump administration wants to capture potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in future upside from the work of scientists.

U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue, Lutnick says

MIT president warns of 'significant new financial pressures'

Sep 10, 2025 - MIT is experiencing significant financial challenges following President Trump's cuts to federal research funding.

MIT president warns of 'significant new financial pressures'

Physical Science Careers Disrupted

Sep 9, 2025 - AIP is establishing an ongoing process to collect firsthand accounts of careers derailed or redirected by these funding and policy changes—before details fade and institutional memory is lost

Physical Science Careers Disrupted

University of Oregon laying off around 60 employees

Sep 9, 2025 - Overall, the university has let go of almost 120 employees and eliminated 59 vacant jobs this year.

University of Oregon laying off around 60 employees

NYU to establish ‘device-free’ zones and programming

Sep 9, 2025 - NYU is implementing a “device-free environments and events” initiative across its degree-granting campuses in an effort to “further connect with one another.”

NYU to establish ‘device-free’ zones and programming

Yale | YCC prepares to vote on largest budget in recent memory

Sep 9, 2025 - A largely new Senate prepared to vote on a $1.2 million budget after hearing a detailed report on YCC spending trends.

Yale | YCC prepares to vote on largest budget in recent memory

Penn projected to hit record lobbying spending amid Trump-era funding threats

Sep 8, 2025 - The increased spending comes after the University’s federal funding — which amounts to over $1 billion annually — was threatened several times by the Trump administration this past year.

Penn projected to hit record lobbying spending amid Trump-era funding threats

University of California would need $5B if it lost federal funding, leader says

Sep 5, 2025 - The public university system’s president warned of a “distinct possibility” that the Trump administration would take further action against it.

University of California would need $5B if it lost federal funding, leader says

Our Lady of the Lake University budget cuts end 16 degree programs; nearly 200 students affected, 19 professors let go

Sep 3, 2025 - An OLLU representative confirmed that 16 degree programs were discontinued, leaving affected students less than six months to realign their academic plans.

Our Lady of the Lake University budget cuts end 16 degree programs; nearly 200 students affected, 19 professors let go

Federal judge strikes down Trump administration’s $2.2B funding freeze at Harvard

Sep 3, 2025 - Comments from President Donald Trump showed his concerns about the university were "untethered from antisemitism," the judge wrote.

Federal judge strikes down Trump administration’s $2.2B funding freeze at Harvard

Ohio enacted a law to regulate online program managers. Here’s what it does.

Sep 2, 2025 - The state became the second to create legislation to oversee companies that help colleges launch and run online programs.

Ohio enacted a law to regulate online program managers. Here’s what it does.

University of Chicago braces for job cuts amid effort to shed $100M in costs

Sep 2, 2025 - The private institution is taking dramatic steps like pausing doctoral enrollment for several programs as it faces rising expenses and federal policy shifts.

University of Chicago braces for job cuts amid effort to shed $100M in costs