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Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya, a man with silver hair and glasses wearing a suit and red tie

NIH Nominee Skirts Questions on Plan to Cut Indirect Cost Rates

At a key hearing Wednesday, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said he’s committed to providing NIH-funded scientists the resources they need. But he offered few specifics on how he’ll do that amid Trump’s plans to slash the $47 billion agency’s budget.

Protest against NIH cuts

Judge: NIH Rate Cut Likely ‘Contrary to Law’

A federal judge once again blocked the National Institutes of Health from moving forward with its plans to cap reimbursements...

NEA Sues Trump Administration to Block DEI Guidance

Legal challenges to the Education Department’s guidance ordering colleges to rescind all race-based programming are piling up. A week after...
Tents of different colors sit on a lawn at Columbia University

Trump Administration Targets Columbia for Allegedly Failing to Stop Antisemitism

Three federal departments are reviewing contracts with the university worth more than $54 million, while a task force investigates claims of discrimination against Jewish students.

Blurred image of the White House and a wall of receipts

Trump Stresses Transparency but Releases Little Accurate Data

Education scholars say the administration’s rash of cuts and lack of quality transparency will have a “devastating effect” on public policy and student outcomes for years to come.

McMahon Outlines Her ‘Final Mission’ for the Department

Shortly after being sworn in as education secretary Monday, Linda McMahon issued a memo outlining the Education Department’s “final mission.”...

Protesters Disrupt Larry Summers’s Wealth Tax Speech at Stanford

Protesters last week disrupted a Stanford University Democracy and Disagreement course in protest of guest speaker and former Harvard University...
A photograph of a rally at the University of Rochester, with signs including "Agreement or Strike!"

Ph.D. Workers and Their University Both Backed a Union Election. Then Trump Won.

The University of Rochester gave multiple reasons for backing out and leaving students to try their luck with the NLRB, which has been drastically transformed since the president took office. Other student workers are wary, too.