In the Trump administration’s latest move to limit trans rights, the Department of Education has launched a Title IX investigation into Smith College, an all-women’s...
President Trump defended enrolling Chinese students at U.S. universities during a Fox News interview, clashing with host Laura Ingraham over security concerns. His remarks came as tensions with France and debates over international student policies continue.
A federal judge restored $2 billion in research funding for Harvard, ruling the Trump administration’s freeze was unlawful and politically motivated. The White House said it will immediately appeal, keeping other universities on edge.
A few university presidents, including Wesleyan’s Michael S. Roth and Mount Holyoke’s Danielle Holley, are openly challenging the Trump administration’s push against diversity programs, transgender athletes and campus protests, even as many schools settle. Most institutions have stayed silent.
In exchange for scaling back certain diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Brown will have its frozen Department of Health and Human Services grants restored, regain eligibility for future funding, and see all federal investigations closed, according to a White House official.
Under the terms of the deal to resolve several federal probes into allegations that it had violated anti-discrimination laws, Columbia did not admit to wrongdoing.
At Mount Holyoke College, a liberal arts school some 90 miles west of Boston, administrators have few answers so far for their prospective international students who are no longer certain they will be allowed to study in the U.S.
The Trump administration is directing federal agencies to cancel $100 million in contracts with Harvard University. Already facing billions in frozen federal funds, Harvard is challenging the actions in court as officials cite concerns over race-based admissions, antisemitism and a lack of “viewpoint diversity.”
The legal showdown over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight will likely take years to play out and could end up at the Supreme Court.
U.S. colleges are facing uncertainty about international enrollment due to visa cancellations and federal pressure. Schools risk losing funding and the ability to host international students, even though they enrolled a record 1.1 million last year.
”The money was frozen in connection with several ongoing, credible and concerning Title VI investigations,” a Trump administration official said, referring to a federal statute that prohibits discrimination in programs and activities that receive federal funding.
The university announced several changes demanded by the Trump administration to overhaul its disciplinary policies, sharply restrict protests, ban masks, sanction student groups in violation and immediately review its Middle East studies programs and admissions.
