2025 Policy and Budget Announcements

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Penn Medicine scrubs DEI webpages amid escalating federal crackdown

May 23, 2025 - Penn initially removed references to inclusion and equity in February following the federal government’s crackdown on DEI, and the new erasures come in the wake of increased federal action.

#UPenn #DEI #Trump

Penn Medicine scrubs DEI webpages amid escalating federal crackdown

HARVARD SUES TRUMP ADMIN OVER INTERNATIONAL ENROLLMENT BLOCK

May 23, 2025 - Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 wrote in a morning message to affiliates that the revocation is both “unlawful and unwarranted.”

#Harvard #Trump

HARVARD SUES TRUMP ADMIN OVER INTERNATIONAL ENROLLMENT BLOCK

Visa status of foreign graduates in the US on OPT under renewed scrutiny

May 22, 2025 - More than 240,000 foreign graduates in the United States – or more than one in five current student visa holders – are engaged in an Optional Practical Training (OPT) placement.

#higher ed #Trump

Visa status of foreign graduates in the US on OPT under renewed scrutiny

Help defend Yale’s teaching, research, and scholarship

May 22, 2025 - This legislation presents a greater threat to Yale than any other bill in memory.

#Yale #policy #Trump

Help defend Yale’s teaching, research, and scholarship

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades

May 22, 2025 - The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

#Trump #NSF

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades

Trump administration blocks Harvard from enrolling international students

May 22, 2025 - The Trump administration has blocked the ability of Harvard University to enroll international students

#Harvard #Trump

Trump administration blocks Harvard from enrolling international students

Judge blocks Trump's orders to dismantle the Education Department and fire employees

May 22, 2025 - A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs.

#Department of Education #Trump

Judge blocks Trump's orders to dismantle the Education Department and fire employees

Statement from Nick Hart, President and CEO of the Data Foundation

May 21, 2025 - The Data Foundation is concerned about and monitoring the expanding scope of potential changes in the federal statistical system by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

#Trump #data #communication

Statement from Nick Hart, President and CEO of the Data Foundation

University Researchers Alarmed by Plan to Slash NSF Funding by 55%

May 21, 2025 - Some researchers say the federal government's proposal will drastically impede cutting-edge work in fields that are critical to the nation's future, such as AI, cybersecurity and power grids.

#NSF #AI #computing #cyber #Trump

University Researchers Alarmed by Plan to Slash NSF Funding by 55%

University of Oregon warns of looming budget cuts, sees 'difficult decisions' coming

May 21, 2025 - A budget warning from UO’s president and provost signals a challenging road ahead.

#University of Oregon #budget

University of Oregon warns of looming budget cuts, sees 'difficult decisions' coming

Over 700 and $1.7 billion in previously undisclosed grant terminations published by NIH

May 20, 2025 - 726 additional terminated grants were reported by NIH this week, amounting to over $1.70 billion in total grant value, with $780 million remaining unspent.

#NIH #Trump

Over 700 and $1.7 billion in previously undisclosed grant terminations published by NIH

Maryland regents allow furloughs and salary cuts for public universities

May 20, 2025 - The state’s higher education system is facing big funding shortfalls at both the state and federal levels.

#University of Maryland #budget

Maryland regents allow furloughs and salary cuts for public universities

Cornell Is Selling Its President’s House Amid Federal Funding Freezes

May 19, 2025 - The Ivy League university is selling property as the Trump administration freezes more than $1 billion in federal funding.

#Cornell #budget #Trump

Cornell Is Selling Its President’s House Amid Federal Funding Freezes

Liberal arts programs at two Utah universities take the brunt of cuts

May 19, 2025 - Utah Tech and Southern Utah University have both released their plans to comply with the state-imposed budget cuts

#utah #budget

Liberal arts programs at two Utah universities take the brunt of cuts

Harvard University devotes $250M to sustain research hit by federal cuts

May 16, 2025 - The institution’s leaders said they have received multiple grant terminations since the Trump administration froze over $2.2 billion of its federal funding.

#Harvard #Trump

Harvard University devotes $250M to sustain research hit by federal cuts

Michigan State University plans 9% general spending cut, totaling $153M in reductions

May 15, 2025 - Top university officials outlined a two-year plan to reduce its general fund spending in response to ongoing federal budget cuts.

#Michigan State University #budget

Michigan State University plans 9% general spending cut, totaling $153M in reductions

Education Department retracts CTE grants for Native American and Hawaiian students

May 15, 2025 - The agency said the nearly $21.6 million grant competitions do not “align with the objectives established by the Trump Administration.”

#Department of Education #DEI #higher ed

Education Department retracts CTE grants for Native American and Hawaiian students

Amid the Trump administration's attacks on international students, here is what has happened at Duke

May 15, 2025 - The Chronicle has compiled a timeline of Duke University updates and guidance.

#Duke University #Trump #DHS

Amid the Trump administration's attacks on international students, here is what has happened at Duke

Penn State University proposes closing 7 commonwealth campuses

May 14, 2025 - University officials cited enrollment declines at the colleges, as well as their financial deficits and maintenance backlogs.

#Penn State #budget

Penn State University proposes closing 7 commonwealth campuses

University of Maryland, Baltimore to lay off employees amid federal budget reductions

May 13, 2025 - The University of Maryland, Baltimore will lay off 30 full-time staff and eliminate 30 vacant positions due to federal funding cuts.

#University of Maryland #budget #NIH #Trump

University of Maryland, Baltimore to lay off employees amid federal budget reductions

Trump administration nixes another $450M of Harvard University’s grants

May 13, 2025 - The federal government escalated attacks against the Ivy League institution, calling it a “breeding ground for virtue signaling and discrimination.”

#Trump #Harvard

Trump administration nixes another $450M of Harvard University’s grants

Three-fourths of NSF funding cuts hit education

May 12, 2025 - More research eliminated and mass firings.

#NSF #Trump #education

Three-fourths of NSF funding cuts hit education

NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

May 8, 2025 - Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

#NSF #Trump

NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show

May 7, 2025 - A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants.

#NIH #Trump

Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show

National Science Foundation faces lawsuit over 15% indirect research cap

May 7, 2025 - The legal challenge is at least the third levied against a federal agency in recent weeks for limiting reimbursement rates for colleges’ indirect costs.

#NSF #Trump

National Science Foundation faces lawsuit over 15% indirect research cap

Brown University, others sue National Science Foundation over cuts to research funding

May 6, 2025 - Brown received $34.4 million in federal funding from the NSF, according to court filings.

#Brown #Trump #NSF

Brown University, others sue National Science Foundation over cuts to research funding

Columbia University cuts 180 staffers funded by federal grants revoked by Trump administration

May 6, 2025 - The Trump administration pulled $400 million in federal funding from the campus in March.

#Columbia University #Trump

Columbia University cuts 180 staffers funded by federal grants revoked by Trump administration

Trump administration to halt new research grants for Harvard as battle over political ideology and academic freedom flares

May 6, 2025 - The Trump administration has unveiled new steps to target federal funding to Harvard University, cutting off all new federal research grants unless the elite school enacts political policy changes amid a broader national clash over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight.

#Harvard #Trump

Trump administration to halt new research grants for Harvard as battle over political ideology and academic freedom flares

Education researchers sue Trump administration, testing executive power

May 5, 2025 - Prominent scholars ask the courts to reverse DOGE cuts at the Education Department.

#Department of Education #Trump #education

Education researchers sue Trump administration, testing executive power

How much Northwestern relies on federal funding for research

May 5, 2025 - In recent weeks, the University has received 98 stop-work orders — primarily from the Department of Defense — and 51 grant terminations, many of which have targeted LGBTQ-related projects.

#Northwestern #Trump #DoD #digital twins

How much Northwestern relies on federal funding for research