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UC Faculty, Students, and Unions Sue to Restore Federal Funding

Students Increasingly Choose Colleges Based on Political Identity, Study Finds

Faculty Firings Over Charlie Kirk Comments Spark Free Speech Concerns

ED Ends $350M in Grants for Minority-Serving Institutions

FIRE Survey Finds Majority of Colleges Failing Free Speech Test

College Board Ends Admissions Tool Amid Federal Pressure

Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Funding Freeze on Harvard

House Republicans Propose Deep Cuts to ED Funding

DOJ Sues Illinois Over Tuition Policy for Undocumented Students

University of Chicago Announces $100 Million in Budget Cuts Amid Rising Deficit

Trump Stuns Allies With Proposal to Admit 600,000 Chinese Students

Institutional Governance Faces Reckoning During Trump Era

Same Sex Benefits Can Survive Even in Red States

Judge Overturns Trump’s Higher Ed Anti-DEI Directives

Trump Threatens Harvard’s Patent Portfolio in Escalating Dispute

Stanford to Cut 363 Jobs, Citing Federal Policy Changes and Steep Tax Hike on Endowment

DOJ Memo Warns Colleges: Considering Geography, Life Experience May Be Unlawful

AAUP Condemns DOJ Probe of George Mason Faculty Senate

Columbia Suspends, Expels Dozens of Student Protesters Amid Federal Pressure

Public Confidence in Higher Education Rebounds, New Gallup Data Shows

More U.S. Students Apply to UK Universities Amid Political Turmoil at Home

Campus Leaders Defend Universities in Final House Antisemitism Hearing

Supreme Court Ruling Allows Trump to Slash Education Department Workforce

UVA Faculty Votes No Confidence in Board After Ryan’s Resignation

DHS Subpoenas Harvard in Escalating Dispute Over International Students

Florida Pushes Ahead with New Accreditor Amid Concerns of Political Overreach

New Endowment Tax Could Reshape College Finances, Aid, and Access

House Republicans Escalate Ivy League Price-Fixing Probe

Trump Further Threatens Harvard with Total Loss of Federal Funding

The Law School Rush: Political Activism and Economic Outlook Drive Record-Breaking Applications

ABA’s Law School Diversity Requirement Remains on Hold

A Precarious Future: The Fate of International Students in the U.S.

Crowdfunding Research: The New Trend?

From Our Editor

UVA President Resigns as Trump Administration Escalates Fight With Colleges Over DEI Programs

California Higher Ed Leaders Urge Congress to Reject Pell Grant Cuts

Court Sides with Harvard in Clash Over International Student Policy

Texas Passes Sweeping Law to Curb Faculty Senates at Public Universities

Court Rejects Columbia Faculty Unions’ Challenge to Federal Education Cuts

Trump’s NIH Grant Terminations Ruled Unlawful by Federal Judge

Treasury Department Weighs Revoking Tax-Exempt Status from Colleges That Consider Race

Michigan House Passes Controversial Higher Ed Budget with Deep Cuts, Cultural Restrictions

Higher Ed News Roundup: June 11

Values-Driven and Digitally Drained: How Gen Z Is Rewriting the College Search

Trump’s Pell Grant Cuts Could Shut College Doors for Low-Income Students

Harvard Wins Temporary Court Victory Against Trump’s Student Visa Ban

Columbia University’s Accreditation Threatened Over Antisemitism Response

Higher Ed News Roundup: June 4

Funding Cuts to STEM Research Threaten U.S. Innovation and Global Competitiveness

Universities Push Back: Higher Ed Mobilizes Against Trump Administration’s Clampdown

From Our Editor

Academic Freedom Under Fire as States Advance Higher Ed Curriculum Laws

MIT to Close Central DEI Office

Barack Obama to Universities: Stand Firm Against Federal Overreach

ASU to Build McCain National Library to Honor Late Senator’s Commitment to Democracy

Politics Are Affecting Which Colleges Students Consider

Syracuse University to Open Center in D.C. to Promote Civil Discourse and Combat Disinformation

Princeton University Database Tracks Rise in LGBTQ Elected Officials Worldwide

New Survey Shows Americans Still Disagree About College Based on Political Party

Biden Signs Executive Orders on Title IX, Voting Access, and Gender Equity

Education Department Targets Black and Latinx College Students for FAFSA Audits, Analysis Finds

Education Secretary Nominee Miguel Cardona Testifies at Senate Confirmation Hearing

Biden Signs Executive Actions to Address Racial Equity

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Resigns

John Lewis: Activist, Politician, and American Hero

2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates and College Affordability

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