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April 11, 2025

First100 20250411

By  Katherine Knott

Welcome back for another edition of The First 100 Days, Inside Higher Ed’s weekly roundup of news from the Hill to the Oval Office. I’m your host, Katherine Knott, the news editor.

It’s Day 81. This week, we got more insights into just how far the Trump administration’s crackdown on international students reaches. Last week, we reported that the administration was quietly revoking students’ visas without telling colleges. And as more college officials started checking the Student Exchange and Visitor Information System, we learned about more revocations. As of Friday morning, 795 students have lost their visas. That number represents the ones that have been reported publicly and is  certainly an undercount.  We expect it to grow in the coming weeks. 

We’re collecting the data on the number of international students who have been affected here and mapping the colleges, so bookmark that link.

In Other News: Northwestern and Cornell joined the growing list of colleges that have had their federal research funding frozen. And the Trump administration continues to put pressure on Columbia, freezing all of its NIH funding and then threatening to put the university under a consent decree. Of course, the administration isn’t explaining why it’s going after Northwestern and Cornell, what grants it is freezing or what legal authority it is using.

And I know we’ve talked a lot about the administration’s actions against four-year colleges in this newsletter, but community colleges haven’t been spared. Our Sara Weissman checked in with several community college leaders who have dealt with their own grant cuts and had to curb some DEI programming.

On Tap for Next Week: 

  • Congress finally adopted a budget blueprint for reconciliation, committing to $1.5 trillion in cuts. Agreeing to the blueprint is the first step.Now lawmakers need to figure out where to make up the money . The House resolution called for $330 billion to be clawed back  from higher ed programs while the Senate resolution (which was agreed to) calls for at least $1 billion.
  • A federal judge also might approve the settlement in House v. NCAA. The judge called it a “good settlement” earlier this week, but said she wanted to see some changes to caps on how many athletes can play in a certain sport and how future students are affected by the deal.
  • And in D.C., speculation is rife that President Trump might sign an executive order about accreditation. Like we did for the executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, we’re all just waiting for it to drop. 

So, that’s the latest from Week 12. I hope you are all hanging on tight in the whirlwind news cycle. With everything going on, what are the biggest questions or concerns that you have? Anything we aren’t covering enough? Let me know at katherine.knott@insidehighered.com.

As always, if news breaks this afternoon or over the weekend, you can find the latest at InsideHigherEd.com.

In the meantime, I’m dog sitting and preparing myself emotionally for the season finale of The Pitt. Have a good weekend! (If you need a moment of levity, here’s my recap of the battle between two winless baseball teams.)

 

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This Week’s Big Stories

 
Institutions Community Colleges
Community Colleges Make Difficult Calls and Cuts Under Trump

Some community colleges have stripped back DEI programming and made other cuts under federal and state pressures.

Faculty Issues Academic Freedom
First Columbia, Now Harvard: Middle East Studies Under Pressure

The Trump administration specifically targeted a department at Columbia, prompting a sweeping review. Harvard is shaking up and pausing programs. It’s unclear what—and where—the next target will be.

Global International Students in U.S.
Student Visa Dragnet Reaches Small Colleges

Immigration officials are rapidly revoking hundreds of student visas. Many more are going unreported at small colleges anxious to avoid federal scrutiny.

Global International Students in U.S.
See Where Students Have Had Their Visas Revoked

The Trump administration has quietly revoked hundreds of student visas across the country, wreaking havoc on the system.

More News

 
Government Politics & Elections
NIH Freezes Millions More in Funding for Columbia

The U.S. National Institutes of Health reportedly froze another $250 million in federal research funding for the university, on top of the $400 million already in limbo.

Government Politics & Elections
Trump Presents Harvard With an Ultimatum for Federal Funds

The administration’s demands of Harvard are vaguer than those placed on Columbia but risk the same punishment for lack of compliance: a significant loss of federal grants.

Government Politics & Elections
Republicans Oppose Legislation Demanding Details on Trump’s Plan to Close ED

House committee members killed a Democratic-sponsored resolution that sought all documents related to closure of the Education Department.

Governance Executive Leadership
Conservatives Seize the Moment to Remake Higher Ed

A Heritage Foundation event on Tuesday emphasized the need for reform in higher education. A Department of Education speaker touched on how Trump is forcing change.

Students Diversity
A Bastion for Neurodivergent Researchers Loses Its NSF Funding

The program was planning to expand to other universities. Instead, it won’t even be able to accept students for the coming academic year.

Government Politics & Elections
Congress Targets Northwestern Legal Clinics

The university’s legal clinics are under investigation after representing pro-Palestinian Chicago activists. The move raises questions about the fates of other clinical programs.

Quick Takes

 
Quick Takes
Trump Administration to Search Noncitizens’ Social Media
Quick Takes
NSF, NIH Slash Support for Early-Career Scientists
Quick Takes
Trump Freezes Federal Funding at Northwestern and Cornell
Quick Takes
AJC Says Funding Cuts Should Be Last Resort to Combat Campus Antisemitism
Quick Takes
Supreme Court Sides With Trump in Suit Over Canceled Teacher Grants
Quick Takes
Education and Justice Departments Form Title IX Investigations Team
Quick Takes
IHEP Sues Over McMahon’s Cuts to Institute of Education Sciences

Opinion

 
Opinion
Views
An Unreliable Partner

Under Linda McMahon’s leadership of ED, colleges should prepare for a student aid policy characterized by inefficiencies and overreach, Daniel A. Collier writes.

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