Since coming into office, the Trump administration has increasingly targeted undocumented students and the colleges and universities seeking to enroll and support them. This includes efforts to roll back in-state tuition access and scholarships for undocumented students, including filing lawsuits against states with such laws, restricting eligibility to adult education and career and technical education (CTE) classes, and opening federal civil rights investigations into institutions that offer scholarships to DACA recipients and undocumented students. In response to these developments, this...

Updated August 15, 2025—On August 12, 2025, the White House notified the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution that the administration will undertake a review of exhibitions, materials, and practices at eight Smithsonian museums “to ensure alignment with the President’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and…

Prudent state-level stakeholders should be engaging with their state legislators, particularly on appropriations, finance, budget, or ways and means committees, about federal FY2025 IMLS funding contingencies.

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