2025 Policy and Budget Announcements

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Some FSU international students, one at FAMU stripped of visas, universities say

Apr. 15, 2025 - The news comes after several international students from both public and private universities across the nation have had their visas revoked in recent weeks.

#FSU #FAMU #Trump #DHS

Some FSU international students, one at FAMU stripped of visas, universities say

Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States

Apr. 15, 2025 - The Canadian Association of University Teachers released updated travel advice due to the "political landscape" created by the Trump administration.

#Trump #Canada #higher ed

Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States

Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding

Apr. 15, 2025 - Universities, as well as many charities and religious groups, are exempted from paying federal income taxes.

#Trump #Harvard

Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding

Tufts issues declaration supporting lawsuit against the Department of Energy’s new rate cap policy

Apr. 15, 2025 - Tufts issued a declaration supporting a lawsuit filed by several universities against the Department of Energy over its decision to implement a 15% cap on indirect costs for existing and future research grants to universities and colleges.

#Tufts University #Department of Energy #Trump

Tufts issues declaration supporting lawsuit against the Department of Energy’s new rate cap policy

Trump throws wrench into NSF’s support for new Texas supercomputer | …

Apr. 15, 2025 - If Trump prevails in a spending showdown with Congress, it could delay or even end construction of Horizon, a $520 million supercomputer at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin.

#UT Austin #Trump #NSF #computing #data science

Trump throws wrench into NSF’s support for new Texas supercomputer | …

'Five-alarm fire': Read the Trump proposal that could decimate climate research

Apr. 15, 2025 - NOAA grants provide funding to nine cooperative institutions in California. Several branches of the agency could lose hundreds of millions of dollars.

#Trump #NOAA #environment #California

'Five-alarm fire': Read the Trump proposal that could decimate climate research

What proposed NASA budget cuts could mean for current projects

Apr. 15, 2025 - The cuts may mean that projects that don’t have to do with getting humans to the Moon and Mars will come to an end.

#NASA #research #Trump

What proposed NASA budget cuts could mean for current projects

Nine students with MIT ties have visas revoked

Apr. 14, 2025 - One of the affected individuals has filed a suit against the federal government, with an independent counsel representing the student.

#MIT #Trump #DHS

Nine students with MIT ties have visas revoked

What are colleges’ legal options when threatened with federal funding cuts?

Apr. 14, 2025 - Higher education experts said colleges could work together or lean on their associations if they take up a legal fight against the Trump administration.

#higher ed #Trump #Harvard #Princeton #Northwestern #Columbia University #UPenn #Cornell #AAUP

What are colleges’ legal options when threatened with federal funding cuts?

Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism

Apr. 14, 2025 - The institution says Monday it won’t comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration as part of its campaign against antisemitism.

#Harvard #Trump

Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism

Webmaster told to remove DEI pages from CWRU site. She refused

Apr. 14, 2025 - A Case Western Reserve University webmaster said she refused to pull pages regarding diversity, equity and inclusion scholarships.

#Case Western Reserve #DEI

Webmaster told to remove DEI pages from CWRU site. She refused

UConn says visas were revoked for 13 international members of school community

Apr. 14, 2025 - The university has around 3,450 international students, most of whom are based at the Storrs campus.

#Trump #UConn #DHS

UConn says visas were revoked for 13 international members of school community

Five Binghamton University student visas revoked amid federal crackdown

Apr. 14, 2025 - Binghamton University reported that five of its students are among the 21 SUNY students whose visa status has changed since April 9.

#Trump #Binghamton #DHS

Five Binghamton University student visas revoked amid federal crackdown

9 at UTennessee have had their immigration status changed

Apr. 14, 2025 - Five more students are now at risk for deportation, following an announcement from the University of Tennessee.

#University of Tennessee Knoxville #Trump #DHS

9 at UTennessee have had their immigration status changed

MIT | Further responses to federal actions

Apr. 14, 2025 - MIT joined with several peer schools and higher ed associations to oppose the Department of Energy's (DOE) 15% on indirect costs similar to that from NIH.

#MIT #Trump #Department of Energy

MIT | Further responses to federal actions

Harvard Will Fight Trump’s Demands | News | The Harvard Crimson

Apr. 14, 2025 - Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding.

#Harvard #Trump

Harvard Will Fight Trump’s Demands | News | The Harvard Crimson

Congress requests documents from Princeton University in price-fixing investigation

Apr. 14, 2025 - The letter requested wide-ranging documents related to University admissions, financial aid, and communications between University administrators and college application-assistance websites.

#Princeton #Trump

Congress requests documents from Princeton University in price-fixing investigation

February’s 10% spending reduction foreshadowed life under a federal funding freeze, faculty say

Apr. 14, 2025 - As Northwestern faculty grapple with the implications of a federal funding freeze, they are already living with the effects of a 10% non-personnel spending reduction enacted by the University in February.

#Trump #Northwestern #budget

February’s 10% spending reduction foreshadowed life under a federal funding freeze, faculty say

George Washington University Officials unveil draft framework for next strategic plan

Apr. 14, 2025 - The new strategic plan, highlights three main priorities, including generating scholarship with impact, preparing students to be strong and resilient leaders and strengthening the University’s foundation for excellence.

#George Washington University #budget

George Washington University Officials unveil draft framework for next strategic plan

Incoming Penn students express concern, confusion over Trump’s $175 million funding freeze

Apr. 14, 2025 - Several incoming students shared concerns over how areas outside of sports — such as research opportunities and financial aid — could be affected because of the funding pauses.

#Trump #UPenn #undergrad

Incoming Penn students express concern, confusion over Trump’s $175 million funding freeze

Pitt lifts hiring freeze for student workers

Apr. 14, 2025 - On March 24, the University hiring freeze was lifted for student employees, although the staff freeze is still in effect.

#University of Pittsburgh

Pitt lifts hiring freeze for student workers

Brown, other universities sue Department of Energy over research funding cuts

Apr. 14, 2025 - Brown, eight other universities, the Association of American Universities, the American Council on Education and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities filed a lawsuit to stop funding cuts by the U.S. Department of Energy.

#Brown #Trump #Department of Education

Brown, other universities sue Department of Energy over research funding cuts

Columbia | Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, GS ’25, detained by ICE at naturalization appointment

Apr. 14, 2025 - His detainment follows the arrest of Palestinian student and activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in March.

#Columbia University #Trump #DHS

Columbia | Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, GS ’25, detained by ICE at naturalization appointment

Legal Challenge to the Administration’s Cut to Critical Energy Research

Apr. 14, 2025 - This is a statement of the Association of American Universities, Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities, and American Council on Education regarding their legal challenge to the administration’s cut to critical energy research.

#Department of Education #Trump #funding #AAUP

Legal Challenge to the Administration’s Cut to Critical Energy Research

Colleges fear Trump 'chilling effect' on foreign student enrollment - Washington Examiner

Apr. 14, 2025 - Donald Trump's immigration crackdown on international student visas is expected to have a chilling effect on enrollment at U.S. colleges this fall.

#Trump #higher ed

Colleges fear Trump 'chilling effect' on foreign student enrollment - Washington Examiner

High school students reconsidering applying to Ohio universities due to new higher education law

Apr. 14, 2025 - A new higher education law set to take effect this summer is causing high school students across the state to think twice about applying to Ohio colleges and universities.

#higher ed #policy #Ohio #DEI

High school students reconsidering applying to Ohio universities due to new higher education law

Harvard rejects Trump administration demands amid threats of funding cuts

Apr. 14, 2025 - The administration's demands included auditing viewpoints of the student body in an attempt to address antisemitism at the expense of federal funding.

#Harvard #Trump

Harvard rejects Trump administration demands amid threats of funding cuts

Faculty salaries grow but still lag pre-pandemic era

Apr. 14, 2025 - Amid constrained budgets, real compensation for full-time faculty rose for the second year in a row, per the American Association of University Professors.

#AAUP #data #higher ed

Faculty salaries grow but still lag pre-pandemic era

Students react to JMU dissolving its division of diversity, equity and inclusion

Apr. 13, 2025 - Universities throughout the United States are cracking down on DEI programs, and James Madison University is now one of the latest schools to follow suit.

#James Madison University #DEI

Students react to JMU dissolving its division of diversity, equity and inclusion

Energy Department cuts university overhead rates to 15% on research grants

Apr. 11, 2025 - Sudden move mirrors NIH cap on “indirect” costs that was ruled illegal.

#Department of Energy #funding #Trump

Energy Department cuts university overhead rates to 15% on research grants