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Tenn. Passes ‘Charlie Kirk Act’ Defending Campus Speakers From Disruption
Lawmakers in multiple states named bills after Turning Point USA’s controversial founder following his shooting death on a campus in September.
Trump Once Again Pushes Steep Education, Research Cuts
Congress broadly rejected the president’s proposed gutting of research funding agencies for this fiscal year. But his new budget proposal still attacks them, and ED. Here are our five takeaways.
‘Potentially Existential’: Higher Ed Denounces Proposed Federal Funding Strings
Major groups representing universities, faculty and others oppose draft General Services Administration rules targeting DEI and more. Trump’s recent executive order doubles down.
Kentucky Lawmakers Want to Make It Easier to Lay Off Faculty
The legislation would explicitly permit terminations for low enrollment or “misalignment of revenue and costs.” The GOP supermajority can override any veto from the Democratic governor.
GOP Decries Chinese ‘Espionage’; Dems Focus on Loan Debt, ED Layoffs
The House Ed and Workforce Committee chair referred to Democrats’ questions as an “alternate hearing” from the one he called on foreign threats.