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Half of OCR eliminated after Trump Education Department layoffs
The shuttering of seven civil rights enforcement offices means thousands of cases impacting colleges in half the nation are up in the air.
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Sponsored by Elon UniversityPreparing nursing students to deliver culturally aware health care
At Elon University, Professor Jeanmarie Koonts models compassionate care for nursing students.
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USDA pauses funding to University of Maine System
The funding freeze follows a spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills over his order restricting transgender students from women’s sports.
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‘Reckless, foolish and vicious’: Education Department cuts slammed by critics
Democratic lawmakers and higher ed groups voiced concerns that the firings would leave the agency without enough people to carry out key functions.
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Education Department announces massive layoffs, slashing nearly half its workforce
The agency’s employee count will plummet from 4,133 when President Donald Trump was inaugurated to about 2,183.
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OpinionHow college presidents are quietly resisting federal attacks on higher education
Many leaders of institutions favor behind-the-scenes resistance over protests and op-eds, the Council of Independent Colleges’ president writes.
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Harvard among latest universities to freeze hiring amid federal funding uncertainty
The Ivy League institution’s officials emphasized that the move was temporary and meant to “preserve our financial flexibility.”
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Trump’s Education Department changes could lead to systemic ‘chaos’
Cuts to contracts, staff and civil rights probes might backfire, leading to less oversight and more mismanagement, education experts warn.
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Education Department warns 60 colleges it could take action over antisemitism concerns
The letters escalate the Trump administration’s scrutiny of how colleges are handling student protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
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ABA faces DOJ wrath over law school diversity requirements
“Any requirement that law schools demonstrate ‘a commitment to diversity’ is deeply problematic,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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‘SEND HELP!’: 59% of students face insecurities around needs like food and housing
Among students who stopped-out or are in danger of doing so, 79% cited basic needs insecurities and financial challenges, the Hope Center found.
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Trump administration cancels $400M of Columbia’s grants and contracts amid antisemitism probe
The cancellation comes only four days after the probe into the Ivy League institution was announced.
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Saint Augustine’s University loses appeal to keep accreditation
Officials at the historically Black college are now contesting the decision to strip its accreditation via arbitration — a process it’s been through before.
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DOL files fresh appeal of a Texas decision vacating its new overtime rule
It’s now the second such filing by the agency with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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New Jersey City University pursues merger with Kean University
The public institution has made several moves to claw back from a financial emergency nearly three years ago.
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‘Stay of execution’: Where’s Trump’s order to shut down Education Department?
While an executive order didn’t come down as expected Thursday, the education community is bracing for more cuts to key department resources.
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‘Perplexing and distressing’: Johns Hopkins warns of budget cuts amid Trump-era funding chaos
The institution is grappling with the “unexpected stoppage” of $800 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln to cut $5M from budget, extend hiring freeze
The public land-grant institution cited uncertainty around the future of both federal and state funding.
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NEA, ACLU challenge Education Department’s DEI letter
Despite the department’s attempt to clarify the original directive, education and civil rights organizations are pushing forward with their lawsuits.
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Trump administration launches review of Columbia University’s grants and contracts
The Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism is probing the institution’s funding over allegations it hasn’t protected Jewish students from harassment.
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Lumina sets new postsecondary attainment goal with focus on college ROI
The influential nonprofit wants 75% of U.S. adults to have a postsecondary degree or credential that leads to “economic prosperity” by 2040.
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Education Department sued over cuts to teacher training grants
Three teacher preparation groups allege that the agency’s recent termination of three federal grant programs approved by Congress is unlawful.
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Transfer enrollment ticked up 4.4% in the fall, report finds
Previously stopped-out students starting at new institutions made up a majority of transfers, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found.
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McMahon confirmed as education secretary
Linda McMahon says she will end federal bureaucracy at the U.S. Department of Education but did not commit to closing the agency.
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Education Department Q&A clarifies DEI restrictions
The agency’s new document appeared to ease some of the strictest aspects of its February letter taking aim at colleges’ diversity initiatives.
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University of Findlay calls off merger with Bluffton University
The larger of the two Christian institutions iced the plan to combine, citing time, expense and the complexity of maintaining separate athletics programs.
