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Is Admissions Trump’s Next Higher Ed Target?
The administration wants “comprehensive admissions reform” at colleges. It’s unclear what that means or how it would be enforced, but pressure to avoid scrutiny could affect admissions practices.
Tapping Bonds to Fend Off Trump?
Universities have been reluctant to tap their endowments to plug research funding holes or finance a lawsuit against Trump’s attacks. Could bonds serve that purpose instead?
UNC Chapel Hill Provost Stepping Down Amid Civic Life Strife
Averett President Out After 3 Months
NIH Appeals Block on Rate Change Proposal
‘Draconian’ Layoffs, Grant Terminations Come for the NEH
Critics say the deep cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities, which has supported research and learning at colleges since 1965, “will ripple across American life.”
Department of Energy Caps Universities’ Indirect Research Costs at 15%
While the DOE claims the plan will save taxpayers $405 million, research groups say it’s a “ruinous” policy that will “slow the pace of American research and innovation.”
5 Takeaways From a Conference on Free Speech in Higher Ed
Leaders in higher education spoke candidly about their concerns regarding trust in higher education and Trump’s targeting of foreign students.