Trump versus higher education: deportations, cuts, climate change, and academic reactions
Apr. 9, 2025 - Key developments, both in video and blog text.
Higher Ed Policy and Budget Announcements
Conn President and Dean of Admissions Weigh in on State of Higher Education
Apr. 9, 2025 - Colleges and universities serve as microcosms of U.S. society, reflecting its larger systems of power and oppression.
NC Senate passes bill to eliminate DEI in higher education
Apr. 9, 2025 - Republicans claim the bill would not infringe on any First Amendment rights, or prevent access to materials for academic purposes and instruction or discussion so long as it is made clear the school does not endorse any divisive concepts.
Tracking Trump’s Higher-Ed Agenda
Apr. 9, 2025 - The federal government is reshaping its relationship with the nation’s colleges. Use our new tracker to keep up with the latest.
New regulations regarding bulk U.S. sensitive data
Apr. 9, 2025 - New federal regulations are now in place aimed at preventing individuals or entities located in, or affiliated with, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Russia, Venezuela, Iran, Cuba and North Korea from accessing certain bulk sensitive personal data relating to individuals in the United States or U.S. persons.
UToronto's The Varsity breaks down U of T’s $3.62 billion budget so you don’t have to
Apr. 4, 2025 - How the university will handle international tuition hikes, graduate funding, strategic investments
U-M Ann Arbor student visas terminated by federal government rises to 12
Apr. 9, 2025 - 22 U-M affiliated individuals have had their visas terminated by the Department of Homeland Security, including 12 students and 10 graduates.
A dozen Northwestern staff members’ titles changed to exclude DEI across undergraduate, graduate schools
Apr. 9, 2025 - The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications removed references to DEI from at least one title.
Trump administration revokes multiple international student visas at Pitt and other Pennsylvania universities
Apr. 9, 2025 - This week, international students at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, among other Pennsylvania colleges, had their visas revoked by the Trump administration.
ACLU attorney raises concerns over terminated student visa
Apr. 9, 2025 - The recent visa record terminations of six University of Wisconsin students and seven alumni have caused concerns regarding international students.
The California State University Weekly Updates
Apr. 9, 2025 - As of April 9, 2025, a total of 40 CSU students have been impacted by visa revocations since the start of the year.
UMichigan-Ann Arbor | Federal research funding fuels innovation, economic growth
Apr. 9, 2025 - Federal grants awarded to University of Michigan researchers help to drive innovation and economic growth, supporting thousands of jobs and generating millions in research-related spending across the United States.
Trump administration terminates six UNC-CH international student visas
Apr. 9, 2025 - “ISSS is available to advise, answer questions and provide resources to all university-sponsored international students and scholars,” Media Relations wrote.
Department of Commerce announces the end of $4 million in funding of climate risk projects at Princeton
Apr. 9, 2025 - The Department of Commerce cut $4 million to Princeton for three climate-related projects, which it said were actively working against Trump administration objectives.
Northwestern faculty navigate attacks on speech, research
Apr. 9, 2025 - Northwestern faculty are grappling with the federal government’s challenges to academic freedom and free speech.
Resolution to Establish a Mutual Defense Compact for the Universities of the Big Ten Academic Alliance in Defense of Academic Freedom, Institutional Integrity, and the Research Enterprise - Rutgers University Senate
Apr. 9, 2025 - The Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance
Brown University president speaks about Trump funding freeze at faculty town hall
Apr. 9, 2025 - Faculty, alums and students are calling on Brown to resist any demands the Trump administration makes on funding.
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws
Apr. 8, 2025 - The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
Where Students Have Had Their Visas Revoked
Apr. 8, 2025 - 80-plus colleges and universities have identified over 300 international students and recent graduates who have had their legal status changed by the State Department.
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15 Texas A&M international students might have quietly lost their abi…
Apr. 8, 2025 - The Trump administration has said it has revoked the visas of more than 300 international students across the country in the last three weeks.
BREAKING: Visas revoked for three from MIT
Apr. 8, 2025 - On April 7 at 6:56 p.m., international students at MIT received an email stating that the visas of three members of the MIT community had been revoked.
White House freezes funds for Cornell and Northwestern in latest crackdown
Apr. 8, 2025 - Pauses come after Trump officials sent warning letters to 60 US universities for ‘failure to protect Jewish students’
Two Yale international students stripped of their visas
Apr. 8, 2025 - Yale’s Office of International Students and Scholars confirmed to the News that the visas of two international students have been revoked.
Judge permanently blocks NIH’s plan to cap funding, setting up appeals battle
Apr. 8, 2025 - Universities are waiting cautiously as the agency's unilateral plan to cut billions of research support dollars has already created widespread disruption.
U-M Ann Arbor | MIDAS AI in Science Fellows Receive $100K in Funding for a Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning Workshop
Apr. 7, 2025 - On April 2nd, 2025, a proposal by five AI in Science Fellows at the Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society (MIDAS) was awarded by the Schmidt Sciences Community Initiative Fund.
Several Penn State international students have visas revoked
Apr. 7, 2025 - Several Penn State international students have visas revoked, according to a letter sent out by Interim Vice Provost of Penn State Global Sabine Klahr.
Princeton Faculty vote to remove references to affirmative action from procedures, non-discrimination statement
Apr. 7, 2025 - Faculty members voted to approve a proposal to remove references to affirmative action and other suggestions of race-based preferential treatment from the University’s Non-Discrimination Statement and the Rules and Procedures of the Faculty.
13 UW-Madison visas terminated by U.S. government, Mnookin says it’s not tied to ‘protest activity’
Apr. 7, 2025 - The U.S. government terminated six current University of Wisconsin-Madison student visas and seven alumni with visa employment extensions, the university announced Monday.
Visa records of six UW students, seven alumni terminated by federal authorities
Apr. 7, 2025 - The University of Wisconsin said the records of six current students and seven alumni on employment extensions have been terminated by the U.S. government.
“Universities Are the Invisible Hand.”
Apr. 7, 2025 - The leaders of the National Academy of Sciences and Arizona State University offer their thoughts on the challenges facing the scientific enterprise and how science institutions should respond.