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Ono Resignation Letter Reflected Tensions With UM Board
Santa Ono’s resignation letter to the University of Michigan, obtained by a public records request from MLive, indicated that tensions...
TRIO Advocates Fearful After Several Grants Discontinued
The Trump administration discontinued Upward Bound grants at two community colleges without warning, shocking college leaders and worrying TRIO proponents.
Senate HELP Committee Releases Plan for Higher Ed Reform
Senate Republicans want to eliminate so-called inflationary loans, stop federal aid for degrees that leave students worse off and expand...
Private Colleges Propose Revised Endowment Tax Plans
For weeks, private colleges big and small have been saying that Republicans’ plan to increase the endowment tax rate to...
Preserving the Federal Data Trump Is Trying to Purge
For months, the research community has been racing to download and store thousands of demographic data sets the government wants to delete because they don’t align with the Trump administration’s ideological views.
NIH Staff Lambaste Agency Head for Censorship of Science
Hundreds of staff at the National Institutes of Health are publicly condemning the agency’s actions in recent months, including firing...
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Weigh In on Education Dept. Layoffs
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to move forward with its plan to lay...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon Furnishes Too Few Answers in Senate Hearing
The secretary was underprepared and unable to answer senators’ questions—was it due to a short-staffed department or carelessness?