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    Trump’s Higher Education Accreditation Plans: Uncertainty & Concerns

    Trump’s Higher Education Accreditation Plans: Uncertainty & Concerns

    Experts voice concerns over Trump's plans for higher education accreditation, focusing on diversity, equity, and student outcomes. Uncertainty surrounds potential impacts on institutions.


    Education Cuts & Accountability: Trump Era Challenges

    Education Cuts & Accountability: Trump Era Challenges

    Proposed education cuts face implementation hurdles due to Education Department staff reductions under Trump. Accountability measures and data collection challenges threaten effective reform. Risk sharing and loan limits are debated.


    PhD Project Under Fire: DEI, Trump, and Diversity in Academia

    PhD Project Under Fire: DEI, Trump, and Diversity in Academia

    The PhD Project faces challenges after DEI scrutiny and Trump-era policies. Loss of funding and members threaten its mission to diversify business school faculty amid federal investigations.


    Harvard Under Scrutiny: Defending Academic Liberty

    Harvard Under Scrutiny: Defending Academic Liberty

    Harvard faces increased scrutiny and potential financial battles over academic liberty. Faculty pledge wages to support the university's defense against government intervention and protect academic freedom.


    Harvard Sues Trump Over Funding Freeze, Academic Control

    Harvard Sues Trump Over Funding Freeze, Academic Control

    Harvard sues the Trump administration over a funding freeze, alleging attempts to control academic decisions. The university rejects antisemitism claims and defends research funding.


    Student Visa Cancellations: Tracking Global Trainee Status

    Student Visa Cancellations: Tracking Global Trainee Status

    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.


    Harvard Foreign Funding Probe: Trump Admin vs. Universities

    Harvard Foreign Funding Probe: Trump Admin vs. Universities

    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.


    Harvard Under Fire: Visa Threats & Funding Cuts Over Antisemitism Claims

    Harvard Under Fire: Visa Threats & Funding Cuts Over Antisemitism Claims

    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.


    Trump Admin’s Education Cuts Face Legal Challenge

    Trump Admin’s Education Cuts Face Legal Challenge

    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.


    NIH Freezes Millions More in Funding for Columbia

    NIH Freezes Millions More in Funding for Columbia

    “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.


    Trump Administration to Block Brown’s Federal Grants

    Trump Administration to Block Brown’s Federal Grants

    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.


    Trump’s antisemitism order leaves many questions unanswered

    Trump’s antisemitism order leaves many questions unanswered

    Or Hen, a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-founder of Kalaniyot, a faculty-led initiative focused on deepening ties between MIT and Israeli researchers, said that he has witnessed systemic failures in discipline for protesters and protection for Jewish students.