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UVA, Dartmouth Latest to Reject Trump’s Higher Ed Compact
The University of Virginia is the first public, and Southern, institution to publicly turn down the administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
As Compact Deadline Nears, White House Meets With University Leaders
The meeting follows increasingly forceful pushback to the wide-ranging proposal, including a joint statement from 36 higher ed groups.
MacKenzie Scott Gives Morgan State Its Largest Gift Ever
Penn, U of Southern California Reject Trump Compact
The universities follow the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brown University in rejecting the Trump administration’s proposal that would require sweeping changes.
Faculty Plan National Day of Action to Protest Compact
Already Battered by Cuts, Researchers and Colleges Face Federal Shutdown Impacts
Two weeks into the government shutdown with no resolution in sight, higher ed associations and researchers say the inability of scientists to contact federal agency workers or get new grants approved is causing harm.
CSU Campuses Reel From Blow to HSI Funding
The Trump administration’s death blow to funds for minority-serving institutions is expected to cost the California State University system tens of millions of dollars.