SS Higher Education Trends

Harvard University faces funding ultimatum from Trump administration

The move echoes an ultimately successful gambit several federal agencies pulled against Columbia University last month.

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UC San Diego preps budget for up to a $500M hit from federal cuts

Citing “unprecedented conditions,” the university’s chancellor said it was freezing hiring and delaying capital projects.

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‘New sheriff in town’: DOJ to enforce anti-trans Trump orders

A joint Title IX Special Investigations Team will shift some civil rights investigations and enforcement from the Education Department to the Justice Department.

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Researchers sue NIH over mass cuts to DEI grants

Plaintiffs argue that agency leaders “upended NIH’s enviable track record of rigor and excellence, launching a reckless and illegal purge.”

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