2025 Policy and Budget Announcements

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Johns Hopkins’ aid groups to lay off nearly 2,000 amid Trump cuts

Mar. 13, 2025 - Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs, global aid groups affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, have begun layoffs and a reorganization as millions in federal funding from USAID is cut off.

#USAID #JHU #Trump

Johns Hopkins’ aid groups to lay off nearly 2,000 amid Trump cuts

Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year

Mar. 13, 2025 - Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.

#Columbia University #Trump #politics

Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year

UMass Chan freezes hiring, rescinds PhD program admissions amid funding uncertainty

Mar. 13, 2025 - UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester became the latest higher education institution to announce a hiring freeze.

#UMass Chan Medical School #Trump #NIH

UMass Chan freezes hiring, rescinds PhD program admissions amid funding uncertainty

Pitt's hiring freeze is only step one, other cost-cutting measures to follow

Mar. 13, 2025 - Pitt’s Chief Financial Officer Dwayne Pinkney said enrollment trends, inflation and flat state funding were also behind the decision.

#University of Pittsburgh #budget #Trump

Pitt's hiring freeze is only step one, other cost-cutting measures to follow

Duke to implement staff hiring freeze, series of cost-cutting measures amid federal funding threats

Mar. 13, 2025 - Upcoming spending adjustments include suspending capital spending, freezing staff hiring and salary mid-year adjustments, reviewing all faculty hiring practices and slowing all non-compensation spending.

#Duke University #Trump

Duke to implement staff hiring freeze, series of cost-cutting measures amid federal funding threats

As US slashes at research, French university opens arms to scientists seeking refuge

Mar. 12, 2025 - Aix-Marseille University has a long tradition of bringing artists and researchers in precarious situations — people struggling to conduct their work in war zones or while facing security threats — onto its campus.

#Aix-Marseille University #research #Trump

As US slashes at research, French university opens arms to scientists seeking refuge

Senator Collins Announces University of Maine’s USDA Funding Restored

Mar. 12, 2025 - After consulting with the Administration, Senator Collins today announced USDA funding to the University of Maine has been restored.

#University of Maine #Trump #USDA

Senator Collins Announces University of Maine’s USDA Funding Restored

UW implements hiring freeze, other budget-cutting measures amid federal, state uncertainty

Mar. 12, 2025 - UW has a "good financial position," but unprecedented federal policy changes have increased the university's risk of funding cuts.

#University of Washington #Trump

UW implements hiring freeze, other budget-cutting measures amid federal, state uncertainty

Tufts administrators, alumni navigate DEI work amid political challenges - The Tufts Daily

Mar. 13, 2025 - Tufts boasts 97 master’s programs, one of which is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Leadership program.

#Tufts University #DEI #Trump

Tufts administrators, alumni navigate DEI work amid political challenges - The Tufts Daily

Brown University institutes staff-wide hiring freeze in response to ‘federal government actions’

Mar. 13, 2025 - The freeze will remain in effect through the end of the 2025 fiscal year.

#Brown #Trump #ADSA member

Brown University institutes staff-wide hiring freeze in response to ‘federal government actions’

UMD international students prepare for uncertainty after Trump’s executive orders

Mar. 12, 2025 - Multiple international students who spoke to The Diamondback under anonymity due to fear of retaliation expressed concerns about their freedom of speech and ability to critique the U.S. government under Trump’s new administration.

#Trump #University of Maryland #undergrad #graduate

UMD international students prepare for uncertainty after Trump’s executive orders

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Will Keep Budget Flat, Stop Staff Hiring for Fiscal Year 2026

Mar. 12, 2025 - The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will aim to keep spending flat for fiscal year 2026 amid threats from the Trump administration and long-term financial concerns.

#Harvard #Trump

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Will Keep Budget Flat, Stop Staff Hiring for Fiscal Year 2026

USDA pauses funding to University of Maine System

Mar. 12, 2025 - The funding freeze follows a spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills over his order restricting transgender students from women’s sports.

#USDA #University of Maine #Trump #DEI

USDA pauses funding to University of Maine System

With Federal Funds Stalled, Two Harvard School of Public Health Graduate Programs Reduce Admissions

Mar. 12, 2025 - The reductions to Biostatistics Ph.D. admissions are the first reported cuts to a graduate program at Harvard amid President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on federal funding.

#Trump #Harvard #graduate

With Federal Funds Stalled, Two Harvard School of Public Health Graduate Programs Reduce Admissions

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Will Deny All Waitlisted Candidates Amid Financial Uncertainty

Mar. 12, 2025 -The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will reject all waitlisted candidates for its Ph.D. programs — the University’s latest response to federal funding cuts threatened by the Trump administration.

#Harvard #Trump #social science

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Will Deny All Waitlisted Candidates Amid Financial Uncertainty

UMass medical school implements hiring and spending freeze, considers layoffs

Mar. 12, 2025 - Leaders at UMass Chan Medical School are freezing hiring and spending, citing ongoing uncertainty surrounding federal funding.

#UMass Chan Medical School #Trump #MIT #Harvard

UMass medical school implements hiring and spending freeze, considers layoffs

As Universities Eliminate DEI Programming, Harvard Stays Its Course

Mar. 11, 2025 - Harvard is quietly maintaining its diversity initiatives and sometimes actively defending diversity on campus.

#Harvard #DEI #Trump

As Universities Eliminate DEI Programming, Harvard Stays Its Course

NYU appoints Title VI coordinator as Trump cracks down on Columbia

Mar. 11, 2025 - NYU President Linda Mills announced the overdue appointment of the university’s Title VI coordinator amid the Trump administration’s recent crackdown on Columbia University.

#NYU #Trump #Department of Education #politics #DEI

NYU appoints Title VI coordinator as Trump cracks down on Columbia

Pregnant and parenting students fall victim to lawsuit targeting LGBTQ rights

Mar. 11, 2025 - When a federal judge scrapped new Title IX rules for LGBTQ students, expanded protections for student parents were tossed out, too.

#DEI #Trump #higher ed #K12

Pregnant and parenting students fall victim to lawsuit targeting LGBTQ rights

Update: Federal judge imposes preliminary injunction on NIH spending cuts - The Tufts Daily

Mar. 11, 2025 - U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley imposed a preliminary injunction on the National Institutes of Health, preventing the cuts on indirect medical research costs from taking effect nationwide.

#NIH #Trump

Update: Federal judge imposes preliminary injunction on NIH spending cuts - The Tufts Daily

NIH cancels $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of $400 million Trump administration cut

Mar. 11, 2025 - The National Institutes of Health announced that the agency is cancelling $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of the Trump administration’s $400 million cut to University funding.

#Columbia University #NIH #Trump

NIH cancels $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of $400 million Trump administration cut

Education Department announces massive layoffs, slashing nearly half its workforce

Mar. 11, 2025 - The agency’s employee count will plummet from 4,133 when President Donald Trump was inaugurated to about 2,183.

#Department of Education #Trump

Education Department announces massive layoffs, slashing nearly half its workforce

NASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadline

Mar. 11, 2025 - Top advisers in the Office of the Chief Scientist are among the first to go amid downsizing effort.

#NASA #Trump #DEI

NASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadline

Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts

Mar. 11, 2025 - Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.

#Trump #JHU

Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts

Faculty Searches in Limbo As Freeze Interrupts Hiring Processes Across Harvard

Mar. 11, 2025 - Harvard’s imposition of a hiring freeze interrupted faculty hiring processes across the University, leaving professors scrambling to figure out how to fill vacancies — and how to keep their departments’ work running if they can’t.

#Harvard #Trump

Faculty Searches in Limbo As Freeze Interrupts Hiring Processes Across Harvard

Olinto mandates in-person classes and exams amid ICE presence around campus

Mar. 11, 2025 - University Provost Angela Olinto wrote that all classes and exams must continue in person as scheduled in a Monday morning email to Columbia faculty obtained by Spectator, urging “generosity and mutual patience as we navigate this together.”

#Columbia University #Trump #ICE

Olinto mandates in-person classes and exams amid ICE presence around campus

Lamont cuts spending at CT public colleges, other agencies

Mar. 10, 2025 - Gov. Ned Lamont took $41 million from more than a dozen agencies, including more than $6 million from public colleges and universities he pledged to shield

#Connecticut #higher ed #budget

Lamont cuts spending at CT public colleges, other agencies

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research

Mar. 10, 2025 - More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted

#DoD #social science #funding #Trump #Darthmouth College #UT Austin

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research

Pitt institutes hiring freeze at least through June in response to funding uncertainties

Mar. 10, 2025 - The freeze will remain in place through the end of the current fiscal year (June 30) and may be extended into the next fiscal year.

#University of Pittsburgh #Trump #ADSA member

Pitt institutes hiring freeze at least through June in response to funding uncertainties

DOGE-mandated cuts targeted staff at a Native American college. A lawsuit fights back

Mar. 10, 2025 - Federal layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University disrupted classes, financial aid and the women's basketball team. Now, tribes and students have sued, saying the cuts broke treaty obligations.

#Haskell Indian Nations University #Trump

DOGE-mandated cuts targeted staff at a Native American college. A lawsuit fights back