Higher education sees increase in state funding for the 2025 fiscal year
HIGHER ED DIVE — Support for institutions is up by a third from five years ago, according to early data from the annual Grapevine report.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Republicans’ long-sought goal of shuttering the Education Department got a boost this week as several media outlets reported the Trump administration was finalizing plans for an executive order to wind down the agency.
Read More about How changes to US Department of Education affect higher educationOpinion: People must stand up against attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts
INSIDE HIGHER ED — President Trump’s attacks on DEI are damaging and dehumanizing, DeRionne P. Pollard writes.
Read More about Opinion: People must stand up against attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion effortsRutgers cancels HBCU event amid diversity, equity, and inclusion White House executive orders
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions announced Thursday that it has canceled an upcoming virtual conference about registered apprenticeship programs as a result of President Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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HECHINGER REPORT — President Donald Trump didn’t talk much about education during his reelection campaign, but he’s made up for it through a series of actions during his first week in office that have left many administrators, teachers, parents and students on edge.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — During his first 10 days in office, President Trump signed a plethora of executive orders to combat so-called woke ideology, reversed a long-standing immigration policy that barred ICE officers from raiding college campuses and sought to freeze federal grants that don’t align with his agenda—a move blocked by a federal court.
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FORBES — The federal government issued a memo from the Office of Management and Budget to pause all payments of federal assistance as of 5:00 p.m. ET on January 28 excluding Social Security, Medicare and assistance provided directly to individuals.
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THE ATLANTIC — “I’d summarize it as: fuck.” That’s what one senior university administrator told me when I asked about the chaos that erupted at the National Institutes of Health this week. Academics are in panic mode in the face of sudden new restrictions from the Trump administration.
Read More about Opinion: How the White House could disrupt higher educationFlorida Board of Governors approves overhaul of general education at state universities
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Florida Board of Governors voted to remove hundreds of classes, many touching on race and gender, from general education offerings at all 12 state universities.
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CNBC — For roughly the past five years, federal student loan borrowers who fell behind on their bills didn’t need to worry about the usual consequences, including the garnishment of their wages and retirement benefits. That will soon change.
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