Politics Sep 03 Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions in research funding to Harvard A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of the Trump administration’s cuts to more than $2.6 billion in funding research grants for Harvard University.
Education Aug 15 Critics say Trump’s push for fairness in college admissions is leaving out legacy preferences In recent weeks, Trump has taken several actions to scrub any vestiges of race from admissions decisions, suggesting that some schools are ignoring a 2023 Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action.
Politics Aug 14 Judge strikes down Education Department guidance against school diversity programs A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities.
Politics Aug 13 Harvard nearing settlement with Trump to pay $500 million and regain federal funding Harvard University and the Trump administration are getting close to an agreement that would require the Ivy League university to pay $500 million to regain access to federal funding.
Politics Jul 30 Brown University strikes agreement to resolve discrimination complaints, restore federal funding Brown University on Wednesday said it reached a deal with the federal government to regain access to federal research funding and end investigations into alleged discrimination.
Politics Jul 25 Education Department says it will release billions in grant money withheld from schools The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in grants to schools for adult literacy, English language instruction and other programs, the Education Department said Friday.
Politics Jul 23 WATCH: Trump reveals ‘AI Action Plan’ shaped by tech lobbyists after revoking Biden policy President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping new plan for America’s “global dominance” in artificial intelligence, proposing to cut back environmental regulations to speed up the construction of AI supercomputers while promoting the sale of U.S.-made AI technologies at…
Nation Jul 02 UPenn updates swimming records after settlement with feds on transgender athletes case The University of Pennsylvania has changed three school records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.
Politics Jun 30 Trump administration investigation finds Harvard failed to protect Jewish students, threatens to cut all funding investigators found Harvard was at times a "willful participant in anti-Semitic harassment of Jewish students, faculty, and staff" and that campus leaders allowed antisemitism to fester on the campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Education Jun 27 UVA president resigns rather than ‘fight federal government’ James Ryan referenced pressure by the Trump administration in a statement to the university community Friday in which he said he had submitted his resignation with a “very heavy heart.”…