Trump admin cuts contracts with scientific publishing giant
Jun 25, 2025 - The administration has questioned editorial practices and whether journals are partisans in scientific debates
Higher Ed Policy and Budget Announcements
Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing
Jun 24, 2025 - The cutoff is 15 graduates/year for undergrad majors, 7 for Masters programs, and 3 for PhD programs, averaged over 3 years.
Judge strikes down National Science Foundation’s 15% funding cap for research overhead
Jun 24, 2025 - With the new ruling, efforts to cap research overhead reimbursement have now been blocked at four federal agencies.
Maine community colleges forced to close chapter on free tuition
Jun 24, 2025 - This year's graduates will be the last to benefit from a free tuition program.
Sluggishness and defensiveness helped enable an executive order on research integrity
Jun 24, 2025 - The scientific community has largely reacted negatively to the directive, fearing that the way oversight by political appointees is specified in the order will lead to interference in the curiosity-driven process of science.
NIH grantees may face long wait for restored money
Jun 24, 2025 - Researchers who saw their NIH grants restored could face long waits accessing the money.
Will Gates and other funders save massive public health database at risk from Trump cuts?
Jun 23, 2025 - UN in talks with governments and funding bodies to save highly cited, 40-year health data set used by researchers in more than 90 countries.
UW-Madison announces budget cuts for all departments up to 7 percent
Jun 23, 2025 - Facing funding cuts from the Trump administration and uncertainty from the Wisconsin Legislature, the flagship university directed all departments to cut their budgets between 5 percent and 7 percent next year
Texas directs public universities to identify undocumented students
Jun 23, 2025 - It’s unclear what information schools might ask from students and how their immigration data will be protected.
Potential Impact of the NIH's proposed FY26 budget
Jun 23, 2025 - An $estimated 46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
OSTP Memo: Gold Standard Science - NASA Watch
Jun 23, 2025 - Directed by President Trump's Executive Order (EO) 14303, "Restoring Gold Standard Science"
Accidental death data threatened by Trump CDC cuts
Jun 23, 2025 - Key data on fatal car accidents, drug overdose deaths, firearm injuries and even dog bites is at risk.
Belt-tightening continues at UMass amid federal funding cuts
Jun 22, 2025 - Campus officials have called for various belt-tightening measures, including spending reductions of 3% and 5% in all academic and administrative departments.
Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard
Jun 22, 2025 - More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
Temple University eyes job reductions amid $60M deficit for FY26
Jun 20, 2025 - The public institution’s president said that enrollment is starting to rebound after a steep drop since 2017, but costs have increased much more quickly.
Trump says he's close to 'a Deal' with Harvard, as judge grants injunction
Jun 20, 2025 - Trump's Truth Social comments came as a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction that would continue blocking the president's efforts to bar international students from attending Harvard.
The Data We Take for Granted
Jun 20, 2025 - Like many things in life, we’ve been taking our data for granted and will miss it terribly when it’s gone.
Impact of NIH Grant Terminations on Population Association of America members
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Where is the best place to hold a scientific conference right now?
Jun 19, 2025 - An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. These locations could steal its crown and make conferences more globally inclusive.
Tracking the Trump administration’s moves to cap indirect research funding
Jun 19, 2025 - The agencies that have tried to limit reimbursement for overhead costs to 15% — and the legal challenges against them.
Judge orders federal government to restore some canceled NIH funds
Jun 18, 2025 - U.S. District Court Judge William Young ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully cancelled NIH funding for research related to topics of DEI
State Dept. restarts student visa interviews with tougher social media rules
Jun 18, 2025 - Foreign nationals who seek visas to study in the United States will have to make social media posts public to be scrutinized for hostility toward the U.S.
What would the ‘big, beautiful bill’s’ higher endowment tax mean for Duke?
Jun 17, 2025 - The bill might raise the endowment tax for Duke from 1.4% to 7%, and it could raise the tax by nearly 20 percentage points for other institutions.
How States Are Responding to the Rise of AI in Education
Jun 17, 2025 - When ChatGPT debuted in 2022, no states had policies related to generative artificial intelligence (genAI). Fast forward to April 2025, and at least 28.
NIH ruling is latest blow to RFK Jr.'s agenda
Jun 17, 2025 - A federal judge's ruling could allow researchers to restart work on subjects including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's and HIV.
Brown University, others sue Department of Defense over cuts to federal research funding
Jun 16, 2025 - The University stands to lose $3 million in federal dollars this fiscal year from the new limit on indirect research costs.
Tennessee State raises tuition 6% amid budget stabilization effort
Jun 16, 2025 - Even with the tuition hike, the public historically Black institution faces a nearly $39 million shortfall.
Education Department reinstates some research and data activities
Jun 16, 2025 - Trump administration lawyers admit some DOGE cuts violated congressional statutes
Potential Pell Grant changes could unfairly impact Native college students
Jun 15, 2025 - Native leaders say a Congressional proposal to increase credit hour requirements and reduce the maximum amounts of Pell Grants could disproportionately affect Native students
University of Nebraska looks to cut another $20M from its budget
Jun 13, 2025 - Amid state and federal funding challenges, the public Midwestern institution has already cut tens of millions of dollars in spending in recent years.