In the wake of attacks on international studentsâespecially pro-Palestinian protestersâstudent 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 agencyâs leaders, starting in February, âupended NIHâs 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.â
From the Trump administration's multibillion review into one of the best-known colleges in the world to continued leadership tumult at Columbia University, weâre 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 didnât 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 âpotential enforcement actionsâ 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 â such as saying âthe existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavorâ and comparing âcontemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazisâ â infringe on free speech.
âThe Task Force remains committed to awarding federal funds responsibly and holding institutions accountable for taking decisive action against anti-Semitic harassment,â 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, weâre rounding up the top-line figures from some of our biggest stories of the week.
The University of Michigan has scrapped its multimillion dollar university-wide strategic plan to promote diversity, equity and inclusion amid increasing pressure from the Trump administration on the sector.
Adopting the bill's framework now â "by disclosing foreign funding, establishing robust oversight, and ensuring that no outside power undermines the pursuit of knowledge â can help preserve the free exchange of ideas and innovations that are central to our academic institutions," he said.
AFT alleged the department had âunlawfully shut down access to income-driven repayment plans for student loan borrowersâ and requested a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction forcing it to reopen statutorily required parts of the program.
The financial state of American higher education is more uncertain right now than even in the darkest days of March 2020, and colleges are starting to implement cost-cutting measures in order to avoid having to make even more difficult decisions down the road.
âThe fundamental premise of this is, if you throw a whole bunch of data away, youâre not going to get quality outputs on the other end, whether thatâs a graphic showing the progression of student success and graduation rates for your school or the response to a question about financial aid through a chatbot,â Andriola says.
A: I now have to work with my mentors to generate a new dissertation proposal and send it to my committee and get it reapproved, which means I have to access data sets at my institution that have either already been collected or that are safe from future rounds of cuts like this.
But assuming you have a competent tech stack, a skilled team and youâre building something the market favors, you can launch a 30-credit online masterâs degree for roughly $900,000 to $1.2 million in the early years before breaking even as enrollment comes in.
In a news release Tuesday, the same day they filed the lawsuit, the AAUP and AFT alleged that the Trump administration used âcuts as a cudgel to coerce a private institution to adopt restrictive speech codes and allow government control over teaching and learning.â
âWhile I await legal decisions that hold the futures of my wife and child in the balance, those who enabled my targeting remain comfortably at Columbia University,â Khalil said in a statement from an ICE detention center in Louisiana.
