HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

March 13, 2025

Twenty-one Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration after it laid off nearly half of the Department of Education’s employees... USA Today and Inside Higher Ed consider the consequences of the Education Department staffing cuts for Americans and institutions... A Chronicle of Higher Education webinar addressed questions regarding President Trump’s impact on higher education.

Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Gutting of Education Department
The New York Times (sub. req.) | March 13, 2025

Education Dept. Cuts Are Here. What Happens Now to Student Loans, FAFSA and IEPs?
USA Today | March 13, 2025

Assessing the Damage After the Education Department’s Mass Layoffs
Inside Higher Ed | March 13, 2025

We Answer Your Questions About Trump and Higher Ed
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | March 12, 2025

March 12, 2025

The Department of Education cut about half of its employees Tuesday evening, Inside Higher Ed writes... The Department of Agriculture paused millions of dollars in funding for the University of Maine due to allegations it let trans athletes compete, according to USA Today... A federal judge blocked a Trump administration effort to slash funding for teacher training programs, the Associated Press reports.

Education Department Lays Off Nearly Half of Staff
Inside Higher Ed | March 11, 2025

After Governor’s Clash With Trump, USDA Freezes Millions for University of Maine
USA Today | March 11, 2025

U.S. Judge Temporarily Halts Trump Plan To Cut Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Teacher Training
The Associated Press | March 11, 2025

March 11, 2025

The Trump administration warned 60 institutions on Monday that they may face penalties as result of antisemitism allegations, The New York Times reports... The Chronicle of Higher Education explores efforts in development to expand the endowment tax... Inside Higher Ed covers the Research Experience for Undergraduates’ tenuous future amid NSF funding cuts... The Washington Post writes that Fulbright scholars and other students studying abroad are in limbo due to an indefinite State Department funding freeze... An analysis of 41 State of the State addresses found that the education topics governors focused on included student well-being and higher education... An opinion piece in The Atlantic looks at how some institutions have struggled to respond to the Trump administration’s anti-DEI orders.

Trump Officials Warn 60 Colleges of Possible Antisemitism Penalties
The New York Times (sub. req.) | March 10, 2025

Plans to Hike the College-Endowment Tax Are Taking Shape. They’re Not What You’d Expect.
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | March 10, 2025

Trump’s Cuts Threaten Key NSF Undergrad Research Program
Inside Higher Ed | March 11, 2025

Funding Freeze Leaves Fulbright and Study-Abroad Scholars Stranded
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | March 11, 2025

Student Well-Being, School Choice, Higher Ed Top Governors’ Priorities for 2025
The 74 | March 10, 2025

OPINION: Colleges Have No Idea How to Comply With Trump’s Orders
The Atlantic (sub. req.) | March 10, 2025

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