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As ED Guts Its Civil Rights Office, Could States Step Up?
A Pa. senator announced legislation to create an agency to enforce protections that the federal government can’t, or won’t. It’s an example of how some states are trying to fill the void.
U of Austin to End Tuition ‘Forever’ With Help of $100M Gift
After receiving even more support from a big conservative donor, the not-yet-accredited institution announced it will neither charge tuition nor accept government funds. Some are skeptical.
Trump Research Funding Plans: Penalize ‘Repeat Players,’ Reward Compact Signers
Before his administration asked universities to sign a compact in exchange for federal funding priority, the president ordered that grants shouldn’t be given “to a select group of repeat players.” Both actions could displace the use of merit in doling out research money.
DeSantis to Florida Universities: ‘Pull the Plug’ on H-1B Visa Workers
Complaining about professors from China, Europe and “supposed Palestine,” the Republican governor called for his state’s public universities to end the use of the visa program. A union leader called his comments a “xenophobic and nativist diatribe.”
Trump’s UCLA Demand: $1.2B Fine and Limits on Trans, Foreign Student Freedoms
A faculty lawsuit forced the university to release a 27-page draft “resolution agreement,” which would also require UCLA and affiliated hospitals to stop “performing hormonal interventions and ‘transgender’ surgeries” on anyone under 18.