Universities struggle to understand how to comply with White House executive orders affecting higher education
THE ATLANTIC — The Trump administration’s confusing instructions to universities have generated a flurry of nomenclature modifications—a kind of anti-woke theater.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Julia Barnes, a National Science Foundation postdoctoral research fellow, was watching President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress last week when she heard him refer to her work as an “appalling waste” that needs to end.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the Trump administration announced Friday it was cutting about $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia University, it didn’t specify what exactly it was slashing. But news of the scope of the cuts has begun trickling out of the institution over the past couple of days.
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AP NEWS — A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration’s plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding that cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage.
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BLOOMBERG TAX — Even before Donald Trump said he would pull $400 million in funding from Columbia University on Friday, officials at the wealthiest US colleges were making efforts to fight monetary salvos from his administration.
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REUTERS — President Donald Trump‘s executive orders terminating security clearances and taking other actions against two prominent law firms may violate constitutional protections and represent exceptional acts of retribution against lawyers who have crossed him in the past, according to legal experts.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Perkins Coie risks losing clients over President Donald Trump’s threat to terminate federal contracts for companies doing business with the law firm.
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NCBE — Texas is moving forward with plans to administer the NextGen bar exam beginning in July 2028.
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ABA JOURNAL — The legal industry is facing a big problem with deepfakes.
Read More about How law firms can combat the effects of deepfakes in the legal systemLaw firm targeted by executive order sues White House for illegal retaliation
REUTERS — U.S. law firm Perkins Coie sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday, claiming Trump illegally retaliated against the firm over its work for his former opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, and its policies promoting diversity and inclusion.
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