Emory announces new Open Expression Policy
Mar. 20, 2025 - In the new policy, Emory pledged to use a content-neutral approach, to address open expression issues and policy violations.
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
Britain beefs up travel warnings over US border enforcement
Mar. 20, 2025 - Britain has in recent weeks revised its advice for citizens traveling to the US to include a warning that anyone found breaking its entry rules could face arrest or detention.
Trump signs order closing Education Department to ‘maximum extent appropriate’
Mar. 20, 2025 - The directive comes on the heels of U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon's decision to gut half the agency as its "final mission.”
Ohio House passes DEI-banning Senate Bill 1; bill returns to Ohio Senate for concurrence
Mar. 20, 2025 - OSB1 aims to ban DEI initiatives and prevent faculty from striking, as well as limit the teaching of controversial subjects within Ohio's public higher education institutions.
Executive Vice President and Treasurer Glen Shor discusses MIT’s financial strategy for the 2025-2026 academic year
Mar. 20, 2025 - Severe disruptions will affect NIH-funded projects, including the developing improved treatment for Alzheimer's disease in the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory as well as numerous ongoing cancer research projects in the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer research.
Students report confusion in co-op hiring processes amid federal funding cuts, hiring freezes
Mar. 19, 2025 - Students report that co-op offers have been rescinded from Harvard and Cornell.
ASU Students argue against changes to LGBTQ+ resources
Mar. 19, 2025 - Students are challenging the University's claim that the relocation of pages for LGBTQ+ community resources is solely to "condense and reorganize" ASU websites.
UC announces elimination of diversity statements in hiring processes
Mar. 19, 2025 - The University of California system will no longer require diversity statements as part of hiring processes.
MIT | Update to international travel guidance
Mar. 19, 2025 - International students and scholars on temporary visas and U.S. permanent residents (green card holders) are encouraged to postpone or delay international travel, whether personal, academic, or professional, until additional guidance is available.
Georgetown | Trump is seeking to deport another academic who is legally in the country, lawsuit says
Mar. 19, 2025 - Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.
The Continuing Crisis, Part IX: Inside the NIH Now
Mar. 19, 2025 - At the NIH and other agencies, administrators have been told to submit plans for such reductions this week, so that will be thing to look out for.
Fallout from Trump research cuts expands across academia
Mar. 19, 2025 - Experts predict university research could be forever changed, affecting work on treatments for conditions including cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes.
NYU freezes hiring amid federal funding uncertainty
Mar. 19, 2025 - NYU placed an immediate hold on hiring and will lower salary increases for faculty and staff.
Prospective UW-Madison grad students lose funding offers amid federal cuts
Mar. 19, 2025 - With current federal funding uncertainties driven by the Trump administration, faculty scientists said they now have limited funds to offer students.
Princeton freezes most faculty and staff hiring in response to political uncertainty
Mar. 19, 2025 - The University has instituted a hiring freeze for most faculty and staff, according to a memo released to the University community on Wednesday morning.
University of California announces systemwide hiring freeze as funding cuts loom
Mar. 19, 2025 - The University of California announced that they will implement a hiring freeze and other cost-saving measures throughout the 10-campus system, amid potential cuts to funding.
Trump administration freezes $175 million in federal funding to Penn
Mar. 19, 2025 - According to a White House tweet, this decision is a result of Penn's "policies forcing women to compete with men in sports."
Chris Simmons discusses Duke University response to federal policy changes at GPSG meeting
Mar. 19, 2025 - VP for Government Relations, Chris Simmons, noted that in the past six weeks, the University has not received a single new research grant from the National Institutes of Health.
UCCS being investigated for “race-exclusionary practices”
Mar. 18, 2025 - The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is among 45 universities being investigated by the Department of Education (DOE) for “race-exclusionary practices.”
UT System Board of Regents bans drag shows from university campuses
Mar. 18, 2025 - “All activities at UT institutions are expected to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws and executive orders, including any restrictions on the use of public funds.”
Education Department investigates Emory over race-based discrimination
Mar. 18, 2025 - OCR initiated its investigation on March 14, citing allegations that graduate programs engaged in university partnerships and diversity initiatives that may involve “racial preferences and stereotypes.”
Penn issues guidance to University community warning of potential travel ban, visa revocations
Mar. 18, 2025 - The March 18 message reaffirmed Penn’s commitment to supporting international members of the University community and issued recommendations to impacted individuals.
Final FY 2025 R&D Appropriations | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Mar. 18, 2025 - Last week's deal to fund the government through Sept. 30 will likely result in a 3.7% cut from the estimated FY24 funding levels for federal research and development.
The Trump Administration Cut Cancer and Alzheimer’s Research Funding …
Mar. 18, 2025 - The termination of more than 400 NIH grants to Columbia University over its handling of Gaza protests will directly impact Alzheimer's and cancer research
“We have the right to determine our own missions” | Mount Holyoke College
Mar. 18, 2025 - President Danielle R. Holley defended universities’ right to autonomy. “The government really has some serious restrictions under the First Amendment about telling us what our values and missions can be.”
Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
Mar. 18, 2025 - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution in an order that blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from making further cuts to the agency.
EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees
Mar. 18, 2025 - The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research program and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rules safeguarding human health and the environment.
Princeton alumni in federal agencies speak out after being fired by DOGE
Mar. 18, 2025 - Princeton alumni in federal agencies who currently work or have recently been fired from their positions reflect on DOGE’s practices.
Penn received over $1 billion in federal funding in 2024
Mar. 18, 2025 - The DP used United States Department of the Treasury data to measure federal funding distributed to Penn and its affiliates in fiscal year 2024.
Brown University Tells International Students, Staff to Avoid Travel Abroad
Mar. 18, 2025 - The advice followed the deportation of a professor with a work visa who was denied re-entry to the U.S. after visiting family members in Lebanon.