SS Higher Education Trends
This week in 5 numbers: Education Department puts 60 colleges on notice
We’re rounding up recent stories, from warnings to colleges about antisemitism probes to massive staff reductions at the U.S. Department of Education.
By SS
Mar 14, 2025
USDA pauses funding to University of Maine System
The funding freeze follows a spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills over his order restricting transgender students from women’s sports.
By SS
Mar 13, 2025
‘Reckless, foolish and vicious’: Education Department cuts slammed by critics
Democratic lawmakers and higher ed groups voiced concerns that the firings would leave the agency without enough people to carry out key functions.
By SS
Mar 13, 2025
Half of OCR eliminated after Trump Education Department layoffs
The shuttering of seven civil rights enforcement offices means thousands of cases impacting colleges in half the nation are up in the air.
By SS
Mar 13, 2025