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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.
NEA Sues Trump Administration to Block DEI Guidance
Ed Data Goes Dark: Why It Matters
Cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences are part of an authoritarian playbook, Robert Ubell writes.
McMahon Outlines Her ‘Final Mission’ for the Department
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.
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.
What Does the Education Department’s DEI Guidance Really Mean?
Over the weekend, the department dropped a new document expanding on the Office for Civil Rights’ anti-DEI directive. Legal scholars say it takes a more nuanced approach but express varying levels of hope about its outcomes.
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.