HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

January 30, 2024

Colleges and universities have had to quickly react to a flurry of executive orders targeting or impacting higher education, The Boston Globe writes... NPR looks at a Trump administration executive order on antisemitism that includes provisions that could penalize international students for participating in protests... California State University leaders denounced proposed deep budget cuts that they say would hamper student support and employee pay, The Los Angeles Times reports... According to Inside Higher Ed, grant reviews at the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health are still on pause even after the Trump administration retracted its freeze of federal grants and loans... Carleton College President Alison Byerly asserts in a Washington Post op-ed that an increased endowment tax would restrict the ability of institutions to provide low-income students financial aid.

Trump’s Orders Stun College Campuses as He Follows Through on Promise to ‘Attack the Universities’
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | Jan. 30 ,2025

Trump Order Cracks Down on Antisemitism and Could Deport Foreign Student Protesters
NPR | Jan. 30, 2025

CSU, Reeling From Budget Cuts to Classes and Faculty, Decry More Proposed State Reductions
Los Angeles Times (sub. req.) | Jan. 30, 2025

NSF and NIH Grant Reviews Still on Hold After White House Rescinds Memo
Inside Higher Ed | Jan. 29, 2025

OPINION: Taxing College Endowments Hurts Students in Need
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Jan. 30, 2025

January 29, 2024

The Chronicle of Higher Education, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and USA Today are among the outlets covering the Trump administration’s order to pause federal assistance... James Kvaal, under secretary of education in the Biden administration, spoke to The Chronicle of Higher Education about what he learned and accomplished in the role... Ted Cruz, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, plans to hold a hearing on the name, image, and likeness issue in college athletics, Axios reports.

‘Institutional Destruction’: A Federal-Funding Pause Sent Shockwaves Through Higher Ed
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | Jan. 28, 2025

Uncertainty Causes Chaos as Trump Threatens Funding Pause for Schools
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Jan. 28, 2025

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Freeze on Federal Grants and Loans Minutes Before It Took Effect. Here’s How It Unfolded.
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | Jan. 28, 2025

Federal Student Loans, Pell Grants Not Tied up in Funding Pause, but Will Be Reviewed
USA Today | Jan. 28, 2025

Biden Camp Defends Its Record
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | Jan. 28, 2025

Ted Cruz Plots Major NIL Push With New Senate Committee Power
Axios | Jan. 28, 2025

January 28, 2024

A White House memo directed federal grants and loans to be halted, spurring questions about which programs are impacted and the order’s legality, The Washington Post reports... The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to pause reviewing the Biden administration’s student debt relief regulations, Inside Higher Ed writes.

White House Pauses All Federal Grants, Sparking Confusion
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Jan. 28, 2025

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Pause Debt Relief Review
Inside Higher Ed | Jan. 28, 2025

January 27, 2024

An opinion piece in The Atlantic considers the severe consequences of halting NIH grants for institutional research... Inside Higher Ed reports that institutions are preparing for the new Congress to cut higher education funding in a spring reconciliation bill... Higher Ed Dive examines new data on the coming enrollment cliff... Scottsdale Community College President Eric Leshinskie writes about the value of new bachelor’s degree programs at community colleges.

OPINION: The Chaos in Higher Ed Is Only Getting Started
The Atlantic (sub. req.) | Jan. 24, 2025

Universities Brace for Funding Cuts as Congress Considers Reconciliation
Inside Higher Ed | Jan. 27, 2025

The Coming Decline in High School Graduate Counts, in 5 Charts
Higher Ed Dive | Jan. 27, 2025

OPINION: A 4-Year Degree at a Quarter of the Cost? Yes, It’s Possible
Arizona Republic | Jan. 27, 2025

January 24, 2024

According to Inside Higher Ed, researchers are concerned after the Trump administration ordered NIH to pause reviewing grants... Inside Higher Ed reports on the launch of a pilot for the Carnegie Elective Classification for Sustainability... The University of Washington opened a new center to train firefighters to respond mental health and substance use emergencies... The Department of Education this week canceled DEI initiatives and placed the staff who led them on administrative leave, USA Today reports.

Scientists Worried After Trump Halts NIH Grant Reviews
Inside Higher Ed | Jan. 24, 2025

Carnegie Foundation Launches Pilot for Sustainability Classification
Inside Higher Ed | Jan. 24, 2025

New UW Center Focuses on Behavioral Health Training for First Responders
The Seattle Times (sub. req.) | Jan. 23, 2025

Trump’s Education Department Dismantles DEI Measures, Suspends Staff
USA Today | Jan. 23, 2025

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