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Northeastern Will Pay Back $600,000 to NSF
Northeastern University has agreed to repay $616,695 of grant money to the National Science Foundation after a federal audit found...
Education Department Cancels Another $350M in Contracts, Grants
The cancellations came after anti-DEI activist Christopher Rufo posted on social media about the programs.
Opinion
Why the NIH Cuts Are So Wrong
Christopher Newfield writes that higher ed has a better counternarrative to share.
Professor Suspended After Trump Remarks Back in Class—Again
Another Louisiana judge has ruled that tenured law professor Ken Levy can return to teaching, his lawyer said Wednesday. It’s...
Ending the Research 1 ‘Arms Race’
The Carnegie classifications now require only two criteria for R-1 status: spend $50 million in annual research and award at least 70 research doctorates a year. A new designation also recognizes smaller colleges conducting research.
AAUP: Academic Freedom Doesn’t Require Institutional Neutrality
Amid public campaigns urging universities to commit to “ institutional neutrality,” the American Association of University Professors released a lengthy...
No Research About Us Without Us
Research labs benefit if faculty are inclusive of students with disabilities, a group of scholars and students committed to inclusive lab practices write.
$900 Million in Institute of Education Sciences Contracts Axed
The National Center for Education Statistics has been hit hard while researchers say grant review panels have been halted.