Government

Higher ed and free speech advocates are deeply alarmed by the decision to cancel $400 million in contracts and grants at the university, saying it is yet another example of executive overreach.

The anti-DEI movement sounds like a row of cannons, but its legal attack is a rifle shot based on one provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Dan Currell writes.

Proponents of apprenticeships expect meaningful support for the programs under Trump, though some worry his other policies could have negative effects on the system.

As career department staff await a delayed executive order and imminent personnel cuts, some say morale is low and tensions are high.

The leaked draft gives higher ed leaders some idea of what could happen next.

The long-awaited directive comes as the agency is preparing to lay off likely hundreds of employees and just days after Secretary Linda McMahon took the reins.

Cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences are part of an authoritarian playbook, Robert Ubell writes.