Higher Education Trends: Key Insights & Analysis

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3 dozen of Harvard’s peers back its court fight against the Trump administration

Yale, Columbia, Brown and a raft of other institutions warned of damages to the national research system from “draconian” research funding cuts.

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Ctrl+F: Federal agencies used keyword searches to nix grants en masse, court records show

The National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and other agencies cut awards over terms like “diversity” and “health equity.”

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The fine art of talking about college budgets

Better financial communication can bolster transparency, experts said at the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ conference.

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EEOC drops bid to press Penn for Jewish employee information

The Ivy League institution had fought the demand in court, citing workers’ privacy and the extensive information it had already turned over to the agency.

logo.png  By SS  Jul 26, 2026