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NIH Publisher Fee Cap Plan ‘Not Comprehensive Enough,’ Critics Say
The agency has criticized academia’s “perverse” incentive structure that allows publishers to charge researchers costly fees to make their articles freely available.
HHS Ends Minority Biomedical Research Support Program
The Health and Human Services Department has terminated the Minority Biomedical Research Support program, which provided colleges and universities grants...
An Uncertain Future for HSIs
Advocates for Hispanic-serving institutions are worried about the federal program after the Department of Justice refused to defend it in court.
Dems Claim ED Is Making It Harder for Students to File Financial Aid Complaints
Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren and four of her fellow Democrats asked Education Secretary Linda McMahon in a letter Monday why...
GMU President Rejects OCR Findings
George Mason University president Gregory Washington has rejected demands by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights that he...
Supreme Court Ruling Has ‘Bleak Implications’ for Researchers
The high court said the National Institutes of Health doesn’t have to restore grants it terminated, for now, which could affect similar lawsuits against other federal agencies.
Education Dept. Accuses George Mason of Violating Civil Rights Law
Gregory Washington, president of Virginia’s George Mason University, must apologize to the university community for “promoting unlawful discriminatory practices” in...
Survey: Most Students Affected by OBBBA Student Loan Changes
The majority of current college students—61 percent—surveyed recently say that several changes to the federal student loan system that became...