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.”
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
Kent State University cutting several majors, eliminating around 30 administrators
Mar. 19, 2025 - Transformation 2028 aims to strengthen the Division of Academic Affairs.
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.
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.
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."
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.