Trump administration can enforce anti-DEI orders, appeals court rules
Mar. 17, 2025 - The three-judge panel lifted a lower court’s preliminary injunction that had blocked major portions of two executive orders.
Higher Ed Policy and Budget Announcements
Education Department to investigate NYU for ‘illegal’ DEI partnership
Mar. 17, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education will investigate NYU for alleged civil rights violations.
Penn launches website to track federal policy changes, monitor impacts on University
Mar. 17, 2025 - The new website intends to centralize updates on ongoing federal actions impacting higher education, research funding, immigration, and other essential areas of Penn's operations.
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Mar. 16, 2025 - Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promising field of medical research.
Brown University professor, doctor deported to Lebanon despite federal judge’s orders
Mar. 16, 2025 - Assistant Professor of Medicine Rasha Alawieh has been deported and is now in Lebanon.
Full list of 43 countries on Donald Trump's draft travel ban
Mar. 15, 2025 - The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for citizens of dozens of countries.
Department of Education initiates investigation into Notre Dame DEI programs
Mar. 15, 2025 - The University of Notre Dame was included on a list of 50 schools to be investigated by the U.S. Department of Education for race-based discrimination in their graduate programs.
Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education
Mar. 14, 2025 - The investigations come amid allegations that these institutions have violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964) by partnering with “The Ph.D. Project."
BU under investigation by US Education Department for antisemitic discrimination
Mar. 14, 2025 - Boston University is one of 60 universities under investigation by the United States Department of Education for Title VI violations “relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination."
UW-Madison under federal investigation for DEI efforts
Mar. 14, 2025 - The University of Wisconsin-Madison is among 45 universities under federal investigation by U.S. Department of Education for DEI efforts and alleged Title VI violations.
Trump cuts trigger hiring freezes at New York colleges with medical research in jeopardy
Mar. 13, 2025 - New York colleges and universities are freezing hiring and warning that President Trump’s federal cuts endanger the very existence of their research programs.
University launches new research support program
Mar. 13, 2025 - The University of Michigan is initiating a new research funding program that provides temporary support for qualified researchers who have received federal grant and contract stop-work orders.
Kentucky lawmakers vote to ban DEI spending at public colleges
Mar. 13, 2025 - Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is unlikely to sign the bill, but Republican lawmakers hold a veto-proof supermajority in the Legislature.
Johns Hopkins’ aid groups to lay off nearly 2,000 amid Trump cuts
Mar. 13, 2025 - Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs, global aid groups affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, have begun layoffs and a reorganization as millions in federal funding from USAID is cut off.
Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year
Mar. 13, 2025 - Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.
UMass Chan freezes hiring, rescinds PhD program admissions amid funding uncertainty
Mar. 13, 2025 - UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester became the latest higher education institution to announce a hiring freeze.
Pitt's hiring freeze is only step one, other cost-cutting measures to follow
Mar. 13, 2025 - Pitt’s Chief Financial Officer Dwayne Pinkney said enrollment trends, inflation and flat state funding were also behind the decision.
Duke to implement staff hiring freeze, series of cost-cutting measures amid federal funding threats
Mar. 13, 2025 - Upcoming spending adjustments include suspending capital spending, freezing staff hiring and salary mid-year adjustments, reviewing all faculty hiring practices and slowing all non-compensation spending.
As US slashes at research, French university opens arms to scientists seeking refuge
Mar. 12, 2025 - Aix-Marseille University has a long tradition of bringing artists and researchers in precarious situations — people struggling to conduct their work in war zones or while facing security threats — onto its campus.
Senator Collins Announces University of Maine’s USDA Funding Restored
Mar. 12, 2025 - After consulting with the Administration, Senator Collins today announced USDA funding to the University of Maine has been restored.
UW implements hiring freeze, other budget-cutting measures amid federal, state uncertainty
Mar. 12, 2025 - UW has a "good financial position," but unprecedented federal policy changes have increased the university's risk of funding cuts.
Tufts administrators, alumni navigate DEI work amid political challenges - The Tufts Daily
Mar. 13, 2025 - Tufts boasts 97 master’s programs, one of which is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Leadership program.
Brown University institutes staff-wide hiring freeze in response to ‘federal government actions’
Mar. 13, 2025 - The freeze will remain in effect through the end of the 2025 fiscal year.
UMD international students prepare for uncertainty after Trump’s executive orders
Mar. 12, 2025 - Multiple international students who spoke to The Diamondback under anonymity due to fear of retaliation expressed concerns about their freedom of speech and ability to critique the U.S. government under Trump’s new administration.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Will Keep Budget Flat, Stop Staff Hiring for Fiscal Year 2026
Mar. 12, 2025 - The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will aim to keep spending flat for fiscal year 2026 amid threats from the Trump administration and long-term financial concerns.
USDA pauses funding to University of Maine System
Mar. 12, 2025 - The funding freeze follows a spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills over his order restricting transgender students from women’s sports.
With Federal Funds Stalled, Two Harvard School of Public Health Graduate Programs Reduce Admissions
Mar. 12, 2025 - The reductions to Biostatistics Ph.D. admissions are the first reported cuts to a graduate program at Harvard amid President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on federal funding.
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Will Deny All Waitlisted Candidates Amid Financial Uncertainty
Mar. 12, 2025 -The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will reject all waitlisted candidates for its Ph.D. programs — the University’s latest response to federal funding cuts threatened by the Trump administration.
UMass medical school implements hiring and spending freeze, considers layoffs
Mar. 12, 2025 - Leaders at UMass Chan Medical School are freezing hiring and spending, citing ongoing uncertainty surrounding federal funding.
As Universities Eliminate DEI Programming, Harvard Stays Its Course
Mar. 11, 2025 - Harvard is quietly maintaining its diversity initiatives and sometimes actively defending diversity on campus.