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."
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
‘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.
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.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette interim president announces 5% spending cut
Aug 20, 2025 - University leaders revealed plans to cut spending by 5% to address financial challenges.
Haverford College faces Education Department investigation into antisemitism
Aug 21, 2025 - The probe into the Pennsylvania liberal arts college is only the latest in a string from the Trump administration as it seeks to crack down on higher education.
UCLA consolidates IT, pauses faculty hiring as Trump administration seeks $1B payment
Aug 21, 2025 - The public institution is one of several facing cuts to federal research funding over allegations related to antisemitism.
First Penn, then Columbia, now Brown: Comparing Trump admin. deals across the Ivy League
Aug 21, 2025 - Higher education experts weigh in on the key differences between the White House’s agreements with Brown, Columbia and Penn.
Supreme Court allows Trump's cuts to health research grants over DEI policies
Aug 21, 2025 - A federal judge had ruled that the more than $1 billion in cuts to research grants, like studies into HIV prevention, violated federal law.
In a warning from inside the NSF, staff say science itself is under threat
Aug 19, 2025 - "We fight for employees as we fight for the mission of our agency in the same way," Dr. Jesus Soriano said.
State Department has revoked over 6,000 student visas this year
Aug 19, 2025 - A spokesperson said 200 to 300 of the revocations were over support for terrorism, a common Trump administration claim against international students.
Inaccurate, impossible: Experts knock new Trump plan to collect college admissions data
Aug 18, 2025 - New data survey could produce statistics that indicate bias where none exists
NIH director orders new review of grants in outline of top research priorities
Aug 15, 2025 - Many topics on Bhattacharya’s list are familiar, but order to re-evaluate grants draws concerns
Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance struck down in federal court
Aug 15, 2025 - A federal judge ruled that the agency didn’t follow the right steps to issue the Feb. 14 letter and that it violated free speech and due process rights.
Many U.S. Colleges May Close Without Immigrants And International Students
Aug 14, 2025 - Many U.S. colleges and universities may be forced to close without immigrants, international students and the children of immigrants
Ivy League universities are on a debt binge
Aug 13, 2025 - The borrowers, including Harvard, Princeton and Yale, benefit from a “prestige premium”
Stanford says no to state student aid, yes to legacy and donor admissions
Aug 13, 2025 - The highly selective university will forgo California financial aid for students to circumvent a new law aimed at curbing the admissions practices.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore hundreds of UCLA research grants
Aug 12, 2025 - The grants were terminated over alleged DEI violations. University of California attorneys argued the actions were arbitrary and capricious.
Utah System of Higher Education approves strategic reinvestment plans for 3 universities
Aug 12, 2025 - The Utah System of Higher Education's board on Tuesday approved updated strategic reinvestment plans from the University of Utah, Utah State University and Weber State University.
Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy
Aug 12, 2025 - A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.
UConn closes seven academic programs, plans to review 70 more
Aug 12, 2025 - The decision comes as UConn looks to save costs.
DOJ sets sights on George Washington University
Aug 12, 2025 - The Justice Department accused the university of being “deliberately indifferent” to antisemitism on its Washington, D.C., campus.
University of Nebraska System offers buyouts to tenured faculty amid budget woes
Aug 12, 2025 - The offer comes after leaders of the four-campus network said they were looking to trim $20 million from its budget.
Florida’s universities face research overhaul courtesy of Trump and DeSantis
Aug 11, 2025 - Led by the governor, Florida's government accountability DOGE team is auditing university research projects and even recommending grants for termination.
Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants
Aug 8, 2025 - Researchers are alarmed that the move might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants.
VCU removes references to race from scholarship language
Aug 8, 2025 - The changes come amid a federal push to end campus diversity efforts.
Trump administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official says
Aug 8, 2025 - UCLA is the first public university to be targeted by a widespread funding freeze over allegations of civil rights violations related to antisemitism and affirmative action.
MSU surpasses $260 million raised in FY25, endowment passes $1 billion
Aug 8, 2025 - This is the second year for the foundation to exceed a quarter billion dollars raised.
How researcher visa curbs threaten science careers
Aug 7, 2025 - Anti-immigration sentiment is fuelling a drive to slash international student and worker numbers, but at what cost to researchers and countries leading the charge?
Congress wants to cut the smartest investment taxpayers ever made
Aug 7, 2025 - Cutting the level of government funding for scientific research now would rip those future returns out of American hands and deliver them to our global competitors.
What to know as Trump's immigration crackdown strips tuition breaks from thousands of students
Aug 7, 2025 - Tens of thousands of U.S. college students without legal residency are losing access to in-state tuition as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration.