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Baylor University Returns Grant for LGBTQIA+, Women-Inclusion Study

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DHS Subpoenas Harvard in Escalating Dispute Over International Students

Florida Pushes Ahead with New Accreditor Amid Concerns of Political Overreach

Making Climate Survey Data Actionable for Leadership

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Hudson County Community College

Naropa University

Suffolk University

Amherst College

New Endowment Tax Could Reshape College Finances, Aid, and Access

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Professor, Gerontology, University of Massachusetts Boston

Academic Program Quality Manager, University of Kansas

Data Science Instructor, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Director of Counseling Services, Suffolk University

Program Coordinator, AmeriCorps Public Allies, Rollins College

Tenure-Track Access Services Librarian, Framingham State University

Assistant Director, Nursing Program, Hudson County Community College

Radiation Oncologist, Women’s Oncology Services, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine

Assistant or Associate Professor, Environment, Geography, and Geoscience, Augustana College

Postdoctoral Fellow, Physics & Astronomy, Amherst College

House Republicans Escalate Ivy League Price-Fixing Probe

New Illinois Laws Aim to Ease College Access, Affordability for High School Students

Trump Further Threatens Harvard with Total Loss of Federal Funding

Rooted In Legacy, Rising With Purpose

July/August 2025

UVA President Resigns as Trump Administration Escalates Fight With Colleges Over DEI Programs

Accessible Documents Specialist, Virginia Tech

Prospect Research Analyst II, Health Science Campus, University of Louisville

Early Childhood Lab School Teacher, CECH Arlitt Center, University of Cincinnati

Certified Surgical Technologist, Medical University of South Carolina

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Standards Professional Research Experience Program, Johns Hopkins University

Archivist, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University

Department Analyst, California State University, Northridge

Instructional Coordinator, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, A.T. Still University

Assistant Professor of Biology, Molecular Biology, Amherst College

Associate Director of Leadership Giving, Agnes Scott College

California Higher Ed Leaders Urge Congress to Reject Pell Grant Cuts

Court Sides with Harvard in Clash Over International Student Policy

Georgetown Study Warns of Growing Credential Gap in Middle-Skills Jobs

Texas Passes Sweeping Law to Curb Faculty Senates at Public Universities

Court Rejects Columbia Faculty Unions’ Challenge to Federal Education Cuts

Trump’s NIH Grant Terminations Ruled Unlawful by Federal Judge

Treasury Department Weighs Revoking Tax-Exempt Status from Colleges That Consider Race

Michigan House Passes Controversial Higher Ed Budget with Deep Cuts, Cultural Restrictions

Lawsuit Aims to Dismantle Support for HSIs

Higher Ed News Roundup: June 11

Values-Driven and Digitally Drained: How Gen Z Is Rewriting the College Search

Trump’s Pell Grant Cuts Could Shut College Doors for Low-Income Students

Harvard Wins Temporary Court Victory Against Trump’s Student Visa Ban

Columbia University’s Accreditation Threatened Over Antisemitism Response

Higher Ed News Roundup: June 4

Florida Board Rejects Santa Ono’s Appointment to Lead UF Amid Political Backlash

The 2025 Insight Into Academia Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

MIT to Close Central DEI Office

Higher Ed News Roundup: May 28

Trump Sets Sights on UC System

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Restrict International Students at Harvard

Federal Court Halts Mass Layoffs at Department of Education

Appeals Court Hears Arguments Against Anti-DEI Executive Orders, With Broad Support for NADOHE Lawsuit

Higher Ed News Roundup: May 21

Rural Maine Schools Caught in Crossfire as Trump Administration Threatens Federal Education Funds

Sweeping House Budget Bill Threatens College Access and Student Aid, ACE Warns

Boston Students Look to HBCUs Amid Pressure on Higher Ed

Penn State Weighs Closure of Seven Branch Campuses Amid Enrollment, Budget Pressures

AAAS Launches New University Institutional Memberships Amid Science Funding Cuts

Howard University Funding on the Chopping Block in Trump’s 2026 Budget

HSI Secures Nearly $1 Billion in Voter-Approved Funds for Education and Economic Development

Trump Targets Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status as Faculty Pledge Salary Donations

Higher Education News Roundup – April 30, 2025

Controversial GOP Bill Would Restructure Federal Student Aid Programs

ICE Restores Immigration Status for Some International Students Amid Lawsuits

Michigan Grants Expand Pathways to Nursing Careers

ASCEND Curriculum Personalizes Medical Education

Trump Orders Crackdown on College Accreditation

Joint Statement from University Leaders Condemns Trump Administration’s “Unprecedented Overreach”

NIH to Halt Grants Over DEI Programs and Boycotts, Raising Alarms Across Research Community

Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over $2.2 Billion Federal Funding Freeze

Protests Erupt on California Campuses In Response to Trump’s Higher Education Crackdown

Trump Threatens Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status Amid Federal Funding Freeze

Funding, Free Speech, and DEI: Colleges Confront New Political Reality

Federal Contractors Urged to Stand by DEI

Harvard Pushes Back Against Trump Demands, Defending Academic Freedom and $9 Billion in Research Funding

Trump Administration Revokes Hundreds of Student Visas, Targeting International and Pro-Palestinian Students

Higher Ed Under Pressure: Lawmakers, Infrastructure Woes, and Policy Battles Shape the Future of U.S. Universities

New Federal Actions Threaten Trans Rights and International Students in Higher Education

Trump Escalates Campus Crackdown: Nearly $2 Billion in Funding Withheld from Top Universities

Barack Obama to Universities: Stand Firm Against Federal Overreach

Legal Action Taken Against Trump for Termination of NIH Grants

Higher Education Developments: Federal Actions and Institutional Changes

Harvard Faces Federal Scrutiny Over Handling of Antisemitism

Higher Ed in Turmoil: DEI Rollbacks and Federal Scrutiny Intensify

SCOTUS Intervention Sought in DEI Grant Dispute

State Funding, Federal Policy Shifts, and Major Investments Reshape Higher Ed

Educators Sue Trump Over Columbia Funding Cuts

FSU Alum “Thinks Big” to Empower Future Generations

Drake University and SHRM Partner to Refine Workplace Culture

Trump Signs Memo to Eliminate DEI from Foreign Service

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