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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.

#Ohio #higher ed #DEI #politics

Ohio House passes DEI-banning Senate Bill 1; bill returns to Ohio Senate for concurrence

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.

#Arizona State University #DEI #Trump

ASU Students argue against changes to LGBTQ+ resources

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.

#DEI #UCLA #UC Berkeley #UC Davis #UC Irvine #UC Riverside #UC San Diego #UC San Francisco #UC Santa Barbara #UC Santa Cruz #policy

UC announces elimination of diversity statements in hiring processes

Student senate tests ND AI pilot and looks ahead to new term

Mar. 20, 2025 - Notre Dame announced a new AI pilot program, which will provide students access to an advanced AI assistant that could include advising features such as registering for classes and exploring major and minor options.

#Notre Dame #AI

Student senate tests ND AI pilot and looks ahead to new term

America's support for cutting-edge research is a smart investment

Mar. 20, 2025 - Federal support underpins the entire spectrum of scientific research, from basic discoveries to medications for our families.

#research #NIH #funding #communication #biomedical #health #JHU

America's support for cutting-edge research is a smart investment

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.

#MIT #Trump

MIT | Update to international travel guidance

BU Professors, administration share views on AI usage on campus amid rapid industry growth

Mar. 19, 2025 - BU does not currently have an institutional policy regarding the use of AI, but considers representing the work of AI as one’s own without appropriate credit to be plagiarism.

#GAI #Boston University #education #pedagogy #policy

BU Professors, administration share views on AI usage on campus amid rapid industry growth

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.

#MIT #NIH #biomedical #healthcare #Trump

Executive Vice President and Treasurer Glen Shor discusses MIT’s financial strategy for the 2025-2026 academic year

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.

#Georgetown University #Trump

Georgetown | Trump is seeking to deport another academic who is legally in the country, lawsuit says

CCIA Files Comments on AI for OSTP, NSF - CCIA

Mar. 17, 2025 - In response to a request for information on artificial intelligence from the National Science Foundation on behalf of the Office of Science and

#AI #computing #NSF #CCIA

CCIA Files Comments on AI for OSTP, NSF - CCIA

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.

#NIH #Trump

The Continuing Crisis, Part IX: Inside the NIH Now

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.

#Trump #Canada #Baylor University #NIH #France #USAID #Stanford #JHU #UMass Chan Medical School #biomedical #health #Columbia University

Fallout from Trump research cuts expands across academia

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.

#NYU #Trump

NYU freezes hiring amid federal funding uncertainty

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.”

#UCCS #Department of Education #DEI #Trump

UCCS being investigated for “race-exclusionary practices”

Bunker Hill Community College cancels study abroad programs over Trump immigration actions

Mar. 17, 2025 - Bunker Hill Community College is canceling all of its short-term summer study abroad programs this year.

#Bunker Hill Community College #Trump

Bunker Hill Community College cancels study abroad programs over Trump immigration actions

Illinois’ community colleges see nearly 9% spike in spring enrollment

Mar. 18, 2025 - Illinois community colleges see an 8.9% enrollment increase, surpassing 285,000 students, marking a third year of growth.

#Illinois #community college #higher ed

Illinois’ community colleges see nearly 9% spike in spring enrollment

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.

#University of Wisconsin-Madison #Trump #graduate

Prospective UW-Madison grad students lose funding offers amid federal cuts

Kent State University cutting several majors, eliminating around 30 administrators

Mar. 19, 2025 - Transformation 2028 aims to strengthen the Division of Academic Affairs.

#Kent State University #budget

Kent State University cutting several majors, eliminating around 30 administrators

College Prices Seen as Unfair but Worth the Investment

Mar. 18, 2025 - Few current or prospective college students say four-year colleges charge fair prices, but most say the investment pays off within five years of graduation.

#higher ed #data

College Prices Seen as Unfair but Worth the Investment

Colleges Fear Decline in International Student Enrollment

Mar. 19, 2025 - International students are a financial lifeline for many colleges, and enrollments are just recovering from the pandemic. The Trump administration is pushing them away.

#Trump #higher ed

Colleges Fear Decline in International Student Enrollment

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.

#Princeton #Trump

Princeton freezes most faculty and staff hiring in response to political uncertainty

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.

#UC Berkeley #UC Davis #UC Irvine #UC Riverside #UC San Diego #UC San Francisco #UC Santa Barbara #UC Santa Cruz #California #Trump

University of California announces systemwide hiring freeze as funding cuts loom

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."

#DEI #Trump #UPenn

Trump administration freezes $175 million in federal funding to Penn

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.”

#UT Austin #UT El Paso #UT San Antonio #UTSA #Trump #DEI

UT System Board of Regents bans drag shows from university campuses

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.”

#Emory University #DEI #Trump #Department of Education

Education Department investigates Emory over race-based discrimination

MIT | Security scheme could protect sensitive data during cloud computation

Mar. 19, 2025 - A theoretical encryption technique could enable anyone to perform computations on encrypted messages without learning anything about the underlying sensitive data. The method, developed at MIT, could prove to be efficient enough to implement in real-world scenarios.

#cyber #data science #computing #MIT

MIT | Security scheme could protect sensitive data during cloud computation

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.

#Duke University #Trump #NIH

Chris Simmons discusses Duke University response to federal policy changes at GPSG meeting

Professors urge defense of higher education at newly reconstituted AAUP chapter meeting

Mar. 19, 2025 - Topics included institutional neutrality, shared governance, and responses to recent attacks on higher education.

#higher ed #AAUP

Professors urge defense of higher education at newly reconstituted AAUP chapter meeting

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.

#UPenn #Trump

Penn issues guidance to University community warning of potential travel ban, visa revocations

School of Data Science faculty improve AI reliability in medical field

Mar. 17, 2025 - Researchers at the UTSA School of Data Science are making artificial intelligence (AI) more reliably answer medical questions.

#UTSA #data science #AI #biomedical #healthcare #ADSA member

School of Data Science faculty improve AI reliability in medical field