Government

The National Center for Education Statistics has been hit hard while researchers say grant review panels have been halted.

The president nominated a former lobbyist for career colleges to serve as education under secretary—the nation’s top official on policies affecting colleges and universities.

As the Trump administration targets federal DEI programming, colleges and universities with a mission to serve underrepresented students, like minority-serving institutions and tribal colleges, don’t know where they stand.

Even before Trump’s return, Republican legislators in some states were rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The campaign continues in current legislative sessions.

University officials argued in court filings that the effects of the policy change “will be immediate and devastating.”

The U.S. university-federal partnership is a miracle for global scientific progress. It must be protected, Mary Sue Coleman writes.