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U of Maine Cancels Wind Power Summit Amid ‘Changing Federal Priorities’
The University of Maine cancelled its annual summit on floating offshore wind power as federal support for renewable energy wanes...
UChicago Sells Off Research Center
The University of Chicago is selling a celebrated research center as the generously endowed university navigates layoffs and program cuts...
Trump May Tie Grant Awards to Compliance With Executive Priorities
The Trump administration may be moving away from using individual investigations to try to force colleges into compliance with the...
HHS Looks to Block Harvard From Federal Funds
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced Monday that it’s moving to cut off...
Professor Fired for ‘Inciting Violence’ to Be Reinstated
A district court judge on Friday ordered that Thomas Alter, a recently tenured associate professor of history at Texas State...
MacKenzie Scott Donates $70M to UNCF
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $70 million to the United Negro College Fund last week. The funds will be distributed to...
Texas Tech System Prohibits Academic Discussions on Trans Identity
The Texas Tech University system has ordered all faculty to refrain from classroom discussions of transgender identity, The Texas Tribune...
Poll: Public Confidence in Higher Ed Growing
Despite the Trump administration’s ongoing attacks on colleges and universities, American confidence in higher education is growing. According to a...