Updates on college funding disputes, lawsuits against federal agencies, Limestone College's financial struggles, international student status, and Pasco-Hernando State University's leadership initiatives. Higher education news highlights.
Law firms face pressure from Trump administration. Some firms 'caved,' while others resist. Georgetown students track firms' responses to Trump's actions against legal professionals. DEI initiatives are at stake.
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Federal judges blocked Trump-era advice to strip funding from schools considering race in policies. The rulings favor plaintiffs challenging the guidance on discrimination and curriculum control. Anti-discrimination law.
Trump's administration focused on workforce training, apprenticeships, and labor force development. The DOL released apprenticeship programs, later retracted by the Biden administration, aiming to boost skilled trades.
The White House partners with Hillsdale College to commemorate 250 years of American self-reliance. A lecture series emphasizes American history and its significance.
AI summaries of scientific studies risk overgeneralization, omitting crucial limitations and nuances, especially in medical contexts, potentially leading to misinformation and harmful treatments. Accuracy is key.
Harvard sues the Trump administration over a funding freeze, alleging attempts to control academic decisions. The university rejects antisemitism claims and defends research funding.
Recent SEVIS record terminations by the government are causing confusion and distress for international students. Impacting lawful status, reinstatement challenges, and potential deportation risks. Visa issues, international students, SEVIS.
Tracking the cancellation of visas/legal status for international students and recent graduates since April. Many students and colleges are unaware of the terminations, creating uncertainty.
The Education Department requests Harvard to disclose foreign gifts/contracts, echoing Trump's scrutiny of university funding & international ties. Harvard contests claims of non-compliance with federal law regarding foreign contributions.
University presidents face a crisis of trust and power. Navigating campus protests requires building relationships, faculty engagement, and innovative leadership often lacking in today's climate. Strategic engagement is key.
Harvard faces visa revocation and funding cuts from DHS over alleged antisemitism and pro-Hamas sentiment on campus. The Trump administration demands documentation and threatens SEVP accreditation.
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Lawsuits challenge Trump administration's education cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), citing hindered research and data collection impacting education outcomes. Legal challenge grows against cuts.
A federal court blocked the DOE's plan to cap indirect research cost reimbursements to universities after a lawsuit by education associations and colleges. The cap was set at 15%, impacting research funding.
Comparing immigration suppression tactics of the 1980s (LA 8) and today, highlighting concerns about due process, national-security arguments, and parallels with past eras of prejudice and government overreach. Key issues: activism, deportation.
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Columbia University faces scrutiny over academic freedom, Edward Said's legacy, and government intervention. The university's actions spark debate about free speech and Middle East studies. Attack on Columbia.
Involvement in extracurricular activities, interestingly, increased during the 2020–21 academic year, which researchers theorize could be due to students seeking new ways to connect with their peers amid social distancing measures.
It aims to do that by improving its marketing, bringing artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to its recruitment process, and expanding direct admissions and dual-credit programs with local high schools as well as concurrent enrollment with community colleges.
It’s incredibly important, but you want to get to the point where this is part of the campus culture,” Vinnakota told Sara Custer, editor in chief of Inside Higher Ed.
This spring’s “Undergraduate Degree Earners” report, released today, attributes the increase to record-breaking growth in certificates, with 525,200 learners completing one, up 11.2 percent from the year prior.
“In line with President Trump’s mission to combatting discrimination and promoting fairness, HHS is partnering with other federal agencies to conduct a comprehensive review of grants awarded to universities that have failed to protect students from discriminatory behavior.
Trainor then on February 14 issued a “Dear Colleague” letter, drastically expanding the definition of discrimination to include the consideration of race, gender, or other identity in scholarships, financial aid, graduation ceremonies, and student life.
The association said restrictions to the EASE program would disproportionately hurt non-traditional and low-income students at the affected colleges, and it is urging Florida residents to sign a letter to lawmakers opposing the proposal.
In the wake of attacks on international students—especially pro-Palestinian protesters—student newspapers are grappling with questions of if and how to protect protesters whom they have featured in articles, activists who have contributed opinion pieces and even their own reporters when they cover topics they fear the Trump administration could take issue with.
Plaintiffs, including dozens of academic scientists, alleged that the agency’s leaders, starting in February, “upended NIH’s enviable track record of rigor and excellence, launching a reckless and illegal purge to stamp out NIH-funded research that addresses topics and populations that they disfavor.”
From the Trump administration's multibillion review into one of the best-known colleges in the world to continued leadership tumult at Columbia University, we’re rounding up the top-line figures from some of our biggest stories of the week.
In March, the U.S. Department of Education under President Donald Trump named Princeton as one of 60 institutions that could face enforcement action over unaddressed antisemitism, though the agency didn’t specify any specific civil rights law violations.
Brown was among the 60 higher ed institutions to receive a letter last month from the Office for Civil Rights warning of “potential enforcement actions” if they failed to comply with federal antidiscrimination law.
And critics of its widespread adoption argue that some of the definition's examples of antisemitism — such as saying “the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor” and comparing “contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis” — infringe on free speech.
“The Task Force remains committed to awarding federal funds responsibly and holding institutions accountable for taking decisive action against anti-Semitic harassment,” a March 31 news release said.
From the Trump administration's multimillion dollar pause on the University of Pennyvania's research budget to conservative efforts to raise the endowment tax, we’re rounding up the top-line figures from some of our biggest stories of the week.
