Three weeks after Trump cut Princeton’s funding, no demands have been publicly issued. Here’s what we know.
Apr. 25, 2025 - Princeton has still yet to receive any demands, yet the $210 million in federal funding paused on April 1 remains frozen.
Higher Ed Policy and Budget Announcements
Harvard Management Company Plans $1 Billion Sale of Private Equity Stakes
Apr. 25, 2025 - Harvard Management Company is planning to sell nearly $1 billion of private equity fund stakes, liquidating nearly 5 percent of its private equity portfolio amid mounting threats to the University’s finances by its critics in Washington.
BC’s Most Popular Majors and Minors: Finance Retains the Top Spot
Apr. 25, 2025 - For the third consecutive year, finance is the most popular major at Boston College.
NSF, DOE funding changes impact Case Western Reserve University
Apr. 25, 2025 - President Eric Kaler sent a campus-wide email updating the Case Western Reserve University community on federal research funding and its effect on CWRU research operations.
Five research grants at Pitt are canceled, the highest number in Pennsylvania
Apr. 25, 2025 - The National Science Foundation has canceled 17 grants worth $7.3 million to Pennsylvania institutions of higher education.
The Guardian view on Trump v universities: essential institutions must defend themselves
Apr. 25, 2025 - Editorial: Harvard is leading the pushback because it can afford to fight. Others are realising that they can’t afford not to
A blandly titled law from 1946 may play a key role in Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration
Apr. 25, 2025 - Harvard claims Trump’s executive branch isn’t following federal rules for changing key government policies.
Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations
Apr. 25, 2025 - DOJ announced the reversal in federal court after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges.
CRA | NSF Director, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Resigns
Apr. 24, 2025 - According to Science, the President’s budget request for NSF is likely to entail, “a 55% cut to the agency’s $9 billion budget next year and fire half its 1,700-person staff.” This news had not previously been reported.
NSF Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on his departure
Apr. 24, 2025 - ... "I believe I have done all I can to advance the critical mission of the agency and feel that it is time for me to pass the baton to new leadership." ...
‘The gatekeepers’: Trump’s action on accreditation sparks concerns over government intrusion
Apr. 24, 2025 - The president signed a directive seeking to punish accreditors for diversity criteria while easing the path for new quality-assurance bodies.
Federal judges deal major blow to Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance
Apr. 24, 2025 - The agency didn’t follow the proper procedures when it issued sweeping guidance threatening federal funding in February, one court ruled.
Federal judges deal major blow to Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance
Apr. 24, 2025 - The Trump administration's efforts to withhold funds from schools "raise the specter of a public 'witch hunt,'" one ruling said.
Teaching Gandhi in a Texas Detention Center
Apr. 23, 2025 - A visit to the ICE facility housing the Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, whose case parallels those of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk
Dartmouth only Ivy to abstain from signing letter against Trump administration funding cuts
Apr. 23, 2025 - A College spokesperson said that the President “does not believe that signing open form letters like this one is an effective way to defend Dartmouth’s mission.”
Trump targets AI, school discipline in new executive orders
Apr. 23, 2025 - In addition to advancing AI in schools, the orders call for a review of discipline guidance based on “discriminatory and unlawful ‘equity’ ideology.”
International students stripped of legal status in the US are piling up wins in court
Apr. 23, 2025 - Some international students in the U.S. who have had their legal status terminated in recent weeks have found a measure of success in court, with federal judges around the country issuing orders to restore students’ status at least temporarily.
Infographic: A Breakdown of Harvard's Funding
Apr. 23, 2025 - The chart shows Harvard University's operating revenue for fiscal year 2024, by source.
Trump administration revokes visas of 3 Syracuse University students without warning
Apr. 23, 2025 - SU says it received no notice or explanation about the targeting of its international students.
No NIH Grants for Colleges With DEI Programs or Israel Boycotts
Apr. 23, 2025 - Colleges will have to comply with new certification requirements in order to receive any funding from the NIH, effective immediately.
Paxson signs open letter condemning federal actions targeting higher education
Apr. 23, 2025 - Leaders from over 200 colleges and universities have signed the letter.
Garber Joins More Than 180 University Leaders in Statement Against ‘Political Interference’ With Higher Ed
Apr. 23, 2025 - Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 signed a statement denouncing “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” in higher education.
Over 150 US university presidents sign letter decrying Trump administration
Apr. 23, 2025 - Statement signed by Harvard, Princeton and Brown leaders denounces White House’s ‘undue government intrusion’
NOT-OD-25-090: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award
Apr. 21, 2025 - Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-090
NSF Grant Terminations 2025
Apr. 22, 2025 - Crowd-sourced list of NSF grant terminations.
U.S. Health Department instructs staff to pause NIH awards to elite universities, according to internal agency email
Apr. 22, 2025 - The email explicitly names NU, Columbia University, Brown University, Cornell University and Harvard University.
From liberal arts to a research institution: Uncovering the roots of Brown’s research focus
Apr. 22, 2025 - A history of Brown's transition from a liberal arts college to a leading research institution.
Endowments aren’t blank checks – but universities can rely on them more heavily in turbulent times
Apr. 21, 2025 - Most institutions of higher education have more freedom to spend from their endowments than they may realize.
133 foreign students get back their legal status — for now
Apr. 21, 2025 - A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order in the case, one of many contesting the Trump administration’s crackdown on international students.
UM faculty urge Ono, regents to create mutual defense compact in Big 10
Apr. 21, 2025 - The UM Faculty Senate adopted four resolutions to defend students, faculty and staff against recent pressure from the Trump administration.