A look at the impact of federal cuts to research grants

April 21, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Billions of dollars in federal scientific research grants have been rescinded or suspended since the start of the Trump administration.

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US Supreme Court allows federal government to implement cuts to education grants

April 21, 2025

NPR — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Trump administration, at least for now, in a dispute over the Department of Education’s freeze of DEI-related grants. 

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Experts warn massive cuts in global health funding cannot be replaced by other countries

April 21, 2025

SCIENCE ADVISER — Who can replace the United States? The global health community has been asking that question since President Donald Trump’s administration took a sledgehammer to its foreign aid budget, dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and ending thousands of grants.

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US district judge blocks National Institute of Health plan to cap funding

April 21, 2025

HIGHER ED DIVE — Universities are waiting cautiously as the agency’s unilateral plan to cut billions of research support dollars has already created widespread disruption.

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Florida lawmakers consider bill that would cut grants to students attending private universities

April 21, 2025

HIGHER ED DIVE — The University of Miami and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are among the colleges that could no longer accept EASE funds if the House’s budget were to be passed as written. 

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A look at recent US education news

April 21, 2025

HIGHER ED DIVE — From U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s recent comments to the Trump administration’s latest funding threat to an Ivy League institution, here are the top-line figures from some of our biggest stories of the week. 

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University Middle East studies departments face federal scrutiny

April 21, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Last week, the Trump administration ordered Harvard University to take multiple steps to continue having a financial relationship with the federal government.

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Opinion: Why it’s important to defend higher education amid federal attacks

April 21, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Earlier this week, University of North Carolina professor and New York Times columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom remarked on BlueSky, “It’s so weird that we’re all working like this is just a normal country.”

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US Justice Department bars its attorneys from participating in ABA events

April 21, 2025

REUTERS — The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday barred its attorneys from traveling to or speaking at American Bar Association events, in the latest salvo by President Donald Trump’s administration against the nation’s largest voluntary lawyer group.

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Some lawyers leave law firms over response to executive orders

April 21, 2025

REUTERS — As most major law firms stay silent on U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting the legal industry, some of the firms’ lawyers are pushing back on their own.

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