HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

March 10, 2025

Inside Higher Ed and The Chronicle of Higher Education cover how higher education stakeholders have reacted to the Trump administration’s announcement it would cancel $400 million in grants to Columbia University... Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University advocated for federal research funding at a Friday rally, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports... President Trump signed an order to restrict eligible employers in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program... Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar will be the next chancellor of the Texas A&M University System... The Guardian considers the potential long-term repercussions for the entire country of the Trump administration’s deep cuts to institutional research.

Contract Cuts at Columbia Raise Concerns
Inside Higher Ed | March 7, 2025

Trump Administration Says It’s Pulling $400 Million of Federal Funding From Columbia U.
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | March 7, 2025

Pitt, Carnegie Mellon Researchers Push Back Against Research Funding Cuts
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 7, 2025

‘See You in Court’: Trump Moves To Revise Eligibility for Some Student Loan Forgiveness
USA Today | March 7, 2025

Texas A&M System Regents Tap Comptroller Glenn Hegar as Next Chancellor
Austin American-Statesman | March 7, 2025

Chaos on Campuses as Schools Warn Trump Cuts Could Harm US ‘For Decades’
The Guardian | March 8, 2025

March 7, 2025

Inside Higher Ed examines a leaked draft executive order that aims to eliminate the Department of Education... President Trump suggested moving the Federal Student Aid office to the Small Business Administration... Eight Democrat-led states sued the Trump administration for cuts to teacher training programs it accused of promoting DEI, the Los Angeles Times reports... According to Axios, the State Department intends to use AI to identify students who appear to support terror groups and revoke their visas... Inside Higher Ed explores what effect the Trump presidency could have on apprenticeships... The New York Times spoke to representatives of several sectors, including ACE’s Ted Mitchell, about the muted level of criticism of the Trump administration.

Draft Order Offers Hints to How Trump Wants To Shut Down the Department
Inside Higher Ed | March 6, 2025

‘Not Their Business’: Trump Mulls Major Changes to Federal Student Loan Office
USA Today | March 6, 2025

California Sues Trump Administration for Cutting Teacher Training Over ‘Illegal DEI’
Los Angeles Times (sub. req.) | March 7, 2025

Scoop: State Dept. To Use AI To Revoke Visas of Foreign Students Who Appear “Pro-Hamas”
Axios | March 6, 2025

The Future of Apprenticeships Under Trump
Inside Higher Ed | March 7, 2025

‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves
The New York Times (sub. req.) | March 6, 2025

March 6, 2025

President Trump is expected to issue an executive order today directing the dissolution of the Department of Education, according to The Washington Post... The Associated Press reports that a federal judge placed an injunction on the NIH’s proposed cap on indirect costs, while Inside Higher Ed covers the confirmation hearing for Jay Bhattacharya, President Trump’s nominee to lead NIH... The New York Times writes that institutions are accepting fewer graduate students as they face substantial potential funding cuts.

Draft Executive Order Set for Thursday Calls for Closing Education Dept.
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | March 5, 2025

Federal Judge Blocks Drastic Funding Cuts to Medical Research
The Associated Press | March 5, 2025

NIH Nominee Skirts Questions on Plan to Cut Indirect Cost Rates
Inside Higher Ed | March 6, 2025

As Trump Goes After Universities, Students Are Now on the Chopping Block
The New York Times (sub. req.) | March 6, 2025

March 5, 2025

According to Inside Higher Ed, the Trump administration has declined to share complete information on what education-related programs it has cut and why... Transfer enrollment increased 4.4 percent in fall 2024 compared to the previous year... Haskell Indian Nations University, one of two federally run colleges for Native students, has been hit hard by federal spending cuts, The New York Times reports... State Department staff who recruit international students are struggling to reconcile conflicting instructions they’ve received about how to communicate with these students, NPR writes.

Trump Stresses Transparency but Releases Little Accurate Data
Inside Higher Ed | March 5, 2025

Transfer Enrollment Ticked Up 4.4% in the Fall, Report Finds
Higher Ed Dive | March 5, 2025

A Native University Is Losing a Quarter of Its Staff to Federal Cuts
The New York Times (sub. req.) | March 5, 2025

State Dept. Staffers Get Mixed Messages on How to Serve International Students
NPR | March 4, 2025

March 4, 2025

The Senate confirmed Linda McMahon as education secretary Monday afternoon... The Supreme Court declined to hear a case from conservative students challenging a university program to report bias allegations... Inside Higher Ed examines a new FAQ from the Education Department that narrows the scope of its anti-DEI letter... NIH grant funding is at its lowest level in nine years, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes.

Senate Confirms Trump Pick Linda McMahon to Lead the Department of Education
USA Today | March 3, 2025

Supreme Court Won’t Hear a Challenge to College Programs for Reporting Bias Allegations
The Associated Press | March 3, 2025

What Does the Education Department’s DEI Guidance Really Mean?
Inside Higher Ed | March 4, 2025

NIH Research Grants Fall to 9-Year Low, Bringing Worry of ‘Very Dark Times’
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 3, 2025

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