How a decrease in Ph.D. students due to lack of federal funding could affect colleges
INSIDDE HIGHER ED — Deep cuts to federal research funding and crackdowns on international students could mean far fewer graduate students next fall and beyond. If that happens, undergraduates, faculty and research productivity would all suffer.
Read More about How a decrease in Ph.D. students due to lack of federal funding could affect collegesMichigan State University creates endowment fund to help replace funds lost from federal grant cuts
CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS — Michigan State University is creating a $15 million endowment to help fill part of the need for research dollars amid federal funding cuts.
Read More about Michigan State University creates endowment fund to help replace funds lost from federal grant cutsA look at whether the government could revoke universities’ tax-exempt status
FORTUNE — For more than a century, the majority of colleges and universities have not paid most taxes. The Revenue Act of 1909 excused nonprofits operating “exclusively for religious, charitable, or educational purposes” in order to continue acting in the public interest.
Read More about A look at whether the government could revoke universities’ tax-exempt statusTrump administration pauses funding to Harvard University after they refuse to meet demands
THE HARVARD CRIMSON — After Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 announced last week that the University will not comply with the Trump administration’s April 11 demands, the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in funding and ratcheted up its threats. Now, another $1 billion could be on the line.
Read More about Trump administration pauses funding to Harvard University after they refuse to meet demandsTrump administration revokes student visas for students in the St. Louis area
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO — The Trump administration revoked the visas of dozens of international students in the St. Louis region in April despite little explanation for the sudden change in immigration status.
Read More about Trump administration revokes student visas for students in the St. Louis areaA look at colleges legal options when threatened with federal funding cuts
HIGHER ED DIVE — Harvard University is just one of the latest colleges to be targeted by the Trump administration, which continues to threaten vast funding cuts to institutions that it says are out of step with federal law and policy.
Read More about A look at colleges legal options when threatened with federal funding cutsInternational students in Illinois lose visas following federal restrictions on immigration
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS — The federal government has revoked the visas of some international students studying at universities across Illinois, but college administrators are sharing few details, including how many students have been impacted.
Read More about International students in Illinois lose visas following federal restrictions on immigrationThese colleges are affected most by federal cuts
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — What does President Trump mean for college finances? In January, I speculated that colleges could be in for belt-tightening or even extensive damage in the case of an increased endowment tax — though the situation wasn’t yet clear.
Read More about These colleges are affected most by federal cutsStudents sue US Department of Defense for removing books in military-run schools
REUTERS — A dozen students in U.S. Defense Department schools sued, opens new tab the department and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday for book removals and curriculum changes following executive orders from President Donald Trump, an advocacy group said.
Read More about Students sue US Department of Defense for removing books in military-run schoolsHow new federal policies are making it harder to have demographic parity among faculty
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The professoriate doesn’t demographically represent the U.S.—or the college student—population. The government’s anti-DEI crusade threatens efforts to address that.
Read More about How new federal policies are making it harder to have demographic parity among faculty