SS Higher Education Trends

‘Self-inflicted wound’: Widespread alarm as Trump administration slashes NIH funding

A coalition of 22 attorneys general sued to block the National Institutes of Health from enforcing its new 15% cap on indirect research costs.

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Student group sues Education Department over DOGE access to sensitive data

The University of California Student Association alleges that the “scale of intrusion into individuals’ privacy is enormous and unprecedented.”

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This week in 5 numbers: Trump bans transgender students from women’s sports

From an order threatening colleges’ federal funding to a shortfall in the Pell Grant program, here are figures from our latest stories.

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Tennessee State University could run out of cash this spring without help

The struggling HBCU is dependent on state money to survive — but is also owed money by Tennessee, the Biden administration had said.

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