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Colleges Restrict Graduate Student Admissions After NIH Proposes Rate Cut

College officials say the pause is necessary while they determine the impacts of the potential federal funding cuts.

Survey Shows Voters Not Keen to Slash Education Department Funding

A clear majority of voters supports preserving or increasing funding for the Department of Education, according to a new poll...
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The DEI Hills Higher Ed Is Willing to Die On

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has demanded colleges rid themselves of race-conscious practices and programming. What will institutions fight to defend?

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Injunction Blocking Parts of Trump’s Anti-DEI Orders Doesn’t Affect DEI Guidance

Legal experts say the executive orders and guidance use different levers to obtain the same goal—eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs—so colleges still need to comply.

New Mexico Governor Appoints Brother as Student Regent

As scrutiny mounts over governing boards in New Mexico following a payout for an embattled president, Democratic governor Michelle Lujan...

Federal Judge Blocks Parts of Trump’s Anti-DEI Orders

The Trump administration won’t be able to follow through on all its plans to crack down on diversity, equity and...
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Judge Extends Block on NIH Cuts

A federal judge in Massachusetts is weighing arguments on whether to enjoin the National Institutes of Health’s plan to cut billions in funding for research at universities.

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What Are College Presidents Saying About Trump? Not Much.

President Donald Trump is seeking to aggressively reshape higher education in ways that threaten programs and federal funding. College presidents are largely staying silent.