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Education Dept. Tells Universities Not to Use Student Voting Data
The department announced Thursday it’s investigating Tufts University and the National Student Clearinghouse over alleged student privacy violations in the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement.
Historians Must Reclaim the American Historical Association
Two recent vetoes by the association’s governing council raise the question of who defines what counts as “history.”
Trump Seeks to Silence Critics. These Scholars Are Pushing Back.
Self-censorship might seem like a safe option right now, but public scholars have a responsibility to provide evidence and context in fraught times.
Florida Moves Toward Banning H-1B Visa Hires
University system leaders say they need to pause hiring on the visas for a year to collect information about how universities utilize the program. Only the student and faculty board representatives objected.
Enhanced Monitoring ‘Politicizing’ College Donations From Qatar
Scholars criticize “crude” exercise as the Middle Eastern country tops the list of donors after the White House forced institutions to disclose foreign funds.
Ph.D.s in STEM, Health Roles Fled Federal Research Agencies Last Year
Again Defying Trump, Congress Proposes Increasing NIH Budget, Maintaining ED
Appropriators have released legislation that wouldn’t defund Education Department programs or slash the National Institutes of Health budget. And it would prohibit the federal government from capping NIH reimbursement rates.
Researchers May Be Forced to Rely on a Court You’ve Never Heard Of
The Supreme Court has said legal fights over terminated federal grants “likely” belong in the Court of Federal Claims. But judges there lack authority to restore them.