A proposed Trump administration rule aimed at quashing diversity efforts could jeopardize the nonprofit status of private schools. It could take effect in mid-2027.
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In 1976, a small Christian college refused to comply with Title IX. The ensuing legal back-and-forth still matters today as the Trump administration places pressure on universities.
The Trump administration is leaning away from dramatic funding cuts and settlements with universities, and more toward standard tactics to try to limit funding.
Despite repeated calls for the university to revoke his tenure, the economist held onto his teaching and academic appointments until he chose to retire.
While headlines focus on Harvard and Columbia, state universities train far more STEM students, power the nation’s research engine and have fewer resources to weather sweeping cuts.
In 2024, only about 1 in 3 newly minted economics Ph.D.s were women.
The First Amendment is not just about the right to speak without fear of jail. It’s also about ensuring that government cannot punish speech indirectly by threatening livelihoods and institutions.
Writers have mined the region’s turbulent political history to explore how authoritarian rulers bend institutional leaders to their will.
Harvard University is the latest school that is nearing an expensive settlement with the Trump administration. The different deals are complex, but share a few similarities.
While Columbia University can afford to pay the government $200 million in order to unfreeze federal grants and contracts it was awarded, many other universities and colleges could not.
Populist, right-wing governments often target universities as enemies of the state. The Trump administration is watching − and learning.
The architects of general education envisioned it would benefit all students. Decades later, political affiliation plays a role in determining whether people agree.
A 1952 law that President Harry S. Truman opposed, calling it a step backward, now underpins many actions by the Trump administration against noncitizens in the US.
The Trump administration’s crusade against antisemitism looks to be mainly about crippling elite universities and blurring the lines between pro-Palestinian activism and antisemitism.
The Trump administration isn’t resorting to official censorship. Instead, it’s using less blatant – and more effective – ways to suppress dissent.
The tools that feminist science studies have developed are critical to the sciences because they ask new questions, and develop new methodologies.
Former Harvard president Larry Summers says a ban on foreign students would cause damage not just to the university but to the US’s image globally.
Visa revocations are becoming an increasingly weaponized part of the U.S. immigration system, and in education, international students are already vulnerable to uncertain futures.
The elite university sued the Trump administration after the government revoked its ability to enroll international students.
The Trump administration has clashed with elite private universities and threatened to pull their funding. But most college students don’t attend these institutions.
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