2025 Policy and Budget Announcements

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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

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

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.

#University of Louisiana at Lafayette #budget

University of Louisiana at Lafayette interim president announces 5% spending cut

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.

#Trump #Haverford College

Haverford College faces Education Department investigation into antisemitism

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.

#Trump #UCLA #budget

UCLA consolidates IT, pauses faculty hiring as Trump administration seeks $1B payment

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.

#Brown #Columbia College Chicago #UPenn #Trump

First Penn, then Columbia, now Brown: Comparing Trump admin. deals across the Ivy League

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.

#Trump #NIH #DEI

Supreme Court allows Trump's cuts to health research grants over DEI policies

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.

#NSF #Trump

In a warning from inside the NSF, staff say science itself is under threat

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.

#higher ed #student visas #Trump

State Department has revoked over 6,000 student visas this year

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

#higher ed #Department of Education #Trump #data #bias

Inaccurate, impossible: Experts knock new Trump plan to collect college admissions data

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

#NIH #Trump #funding

NIH director orders new review of grants in outline of top research priorities

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.

#higher ed #Department of Education #DEI

Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance struck down in federal court

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

#higher ed #Trump #student visas

Many U.S. Colleges May Close Without Immigrants And International Students

Ivy League universities are on a debt binge

Aug 13, 2025 - The borrowers, including Harvard, Princeton and Yale, benefit from a “prestige premium”

#budget #Harvard #Princeton #Yale

Ivy League universities are on a debt binge