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AFT president Randi Weingarten speaks in May 2024 in front of a  sign that says Raises Justice Community

Anti-DEI Guidance Letter Put On Hold, for Now

Several colleges scrubbed their campuses and websites of DEI-related language and shuttered offices in order to comply with the letter's sweeping demands.

White House staff secretary Will Scharf hands U.S. President Donald Trump an executive order to sign in the Oval Office.

Trump’s Latest Executive Orders Target Accreditation, Foreign Gifts

The seven orders address a range of priorities for the president, including cracking down on foreign gifts to colleges and supporting HBCUs. But accreditation reform is Trump’s “secret weapon.”

Collection of Free Education Research May Lose Funding

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), an online repository of educational research and historical documents that dates back to the...
A photograph of demonstrators, holding signs, walking across a crosswalk.

U Rochester Ph.D. Student Workers Strike for an Election Without the NLRB

The institution backed out of plans to host a vote and suggested graduate workers pursue the federally controlled process instead. That’s risky in the Trump era.

National Institutes of Health building

No NIH Grants for Colleges With DEI Programs or Israel Boycotts

Colleges will have to comply with new certification requirements in order to receive any funding from the NIH, effective immediately.

McMahon Defends Harvard Funding Freeze During CNBC Appearance

Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended the Trump administration’s crackdown on Harvard University and other colleges during a contentious appearance Tuesday...

Trump Plans to Give 2 Commencement Speeches

President Donald Trump will serve as the commencement speaker at both the University of Alabama and the United States Military...

Medical Journals Fall Under Government Scrutiny

The Trump administration now appears to be targeting medical journals, questioning at least three different publications about how they represent...