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.
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
‘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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
NSF Employees Release Official Whistleblower Complaint
Sep 2, 2025 - Call on Congress to Take Action to Protect Agency
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.
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.
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.
Counting the reduction of federal health workforce
Aug 29, 2025 - ProPublica estimated 20,500 workers lost since January 2025.
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.”
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
‘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
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."
‘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.