2025 Policy and Budget Announcements

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‘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.

#Columbia College Chicago #UPenn #Brown #Trump

‘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."

#Department of Education #DEI #MSI #Trump

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.

#NSF #Trump #DEI #AACU #AAUP

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.

#Trump #higher ed #intellectual property

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 #Trump

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

#Trump #AIP

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 #budget

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 #policy

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 #budget

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.

#UPenn #budget #Trump

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.

#Trump #UC Berkeley #UC Davis #UC Irvine #UC Riverside #UC San Diego #UC San Francisco #UC Santa Barbara #UC Santa Cruz

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

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.

#Harvard #Trump

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.

#higher ed #Ohio #University of Southern California

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.

#UChicago #Trump #budget #graduate

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

NSF Employees Release Official Whistleblower Complaint

Sep 2, 2025 - Call on Congress to Take Action to Protect Agency

#CRA #advocacy #NSF #Trump

NSF Employees Release Official Whistleblower Complaint

Appeals court sides with EPA in climate grant terminations fight

Sep 2, 2025 - The court said the claims must be brought before a special court that handles contract disputes involving the federal government.

#EPA #Trump #environment

Appeals court sides with EPA in climate grant terminations fight

The grant lottery: award rates at UK national funding agency fall below 20%

Sep 1, 2025 - Application volume is outpacing available funding, intensifying competition and worsening pressure on the peer-review system. But those who win grants are now getting more.

#United Kingdom (UK)#funding #University of Edinburgh

The grant lottery: award rates at UK national funding agency fall below 20%

Two Thousand Of America’s Top Scientists Warn Congress: Don’t Gut Research Funding

Aug 30, 2025 - Open letter from 2,100+ National Academy members warns Congress of dire consequences from FY26 science budget cuts; organizers seek response.

#AI #policy #budget

Two Thousand Of America’s Top Scientists Warn Congress: Don’t Gut Research Funding

Counting the reduction of federal health workforce

Aug 29, 2025 - ProPublica estimated 20,500 workers lost since January 2025.

#Trump #EPA #NIH

Counting the reduction of federal health workforce

Trump administration proposes 4-year cap on international student visas

Aug 28, 2025 - The proposed rule has been panned by student advocates, one of whom argued it represents a "dangerous overreach by government into academia.”

#higher ed #student visas #Trump

Trump administration proposes 4-year cap on international student visas

6 higher education trends to watch for in the 2025-26 academic year

Aug 28, 2025 - Major sector news, including regulatory shifts, research funding cuts and challenges to in-state tuition for undocumented students.

#higher ed #policy #Department of Education #DEI

6 higher education trends to watch for in the 2025-26 academic year

Financial Accountability in Research

Aug 25, 2025 - The Joint Associations Group (JAG) on Indirect Costs Financial Accountability in Research (FAIR) A New Model for America’s Research Enterprise Presentation to Science Society CEOs

#Trump #funding #policy #science #advocacy

Financial Accountability in Research

Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups

Aug 25, 2025 - The firm, which represents opponents of offshore wind, said it would complain to Brown’s federal and private funding sources.

#Brown #Trump

Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups

Cornell University plans to restructure later this year amid federal funding declines

Aug 25, 2025 - The Ivy League institution's leaders said efforts to save costs and centralize operations will “inevitably” lead to workforce reductions.

#Cornell #budget #Trump

Cornell University plans to restructure later this year amid federal funding declines

A commuter college thought it could avoid Trump’s education crackdown. Here’s what happened

Aug 23, 2025 - Administrators at the University of Colorado's campus in Colorado Springs believed they could avoid the Trump administration's focus on higher education.

#Trump #University of Colorado Colorado Springs

A commuter college thought it could avoid Trump’s education crackdown. Here’s what happened

‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s assault

Aug 23, 2025 - The effects of a rightwing campaign to remake American higher education are fueling fear and anxiety, but advocates say they have plans to fight back

#higher ed #Trump

‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s assault

George Mason University violated civil rights law, Education Department alleges

Aug 22, 2025 - The agency singled out the university’s president and called for him to publicly apologize "for promoting unlawful discriminatory practices."

#George Mason #Trump #Department of Education #DEI

George Mason University violated civil rights law, Education Department alleges

‘Wrong and deeply disappointing’: Supreme Court halts order restoring NIH grants

Aug 22, 2025 - The high court's Thursday decision potentially made it much more difficult for researchers to have their grants reinstated.

#NIH #Trump

‘Wrong and deeply disappointing’: Supreme Court halts order restoring NIH grants

More UChicago Ph.D. Programs Will Pause Admissions

Aug 21, 2025 - The Arts and Humanities dean said “nearly all” faculty leaders preferred “a broader pause for the division.” Some social sciences programs also aren't accepting new students.

#UChicago #humanities #graduate #budget

More UChicago Ph.D. Programs Will Pause Admissions