The Trump administration is targeting colleges and universities through a multi-pronged strategy that includes cutting federal research funding, restricting international student visas, threatening accreditation and nonprofit status and pushing for steep endowment taxes.
Over the last two years, students and campus groups are facing an unprecedented number of speech investigations by administrators and government officials, according to FIRE.
Scammers are using AI bots to pose as students, enroll in online classes, and steal financial aid. The Education Department is now requiring ID verification to fight the surge in fraud.
Starting this fall, colleges and universities in the NCAA's top division will be allowed to directly pay athletes for the first time. Payments will be limited by a salary cap set initially at $20.5 million per school.
About 40% of undergraduates rely on Pell Grants to pay for college, and experts say if the plans are enacted, many of the lowest-income students would be forced to drop out.
Institutional neutrality is vital during today's widening political divisions, says Xavier University President Colleen Hanycz, who takes pride in being vocal about not being vocal.
Veterans' advocates fought for decades to close a loophole with the GI Bill that made veterans a target of for-profit universities. Trump's budget bill has language to bring that loophole back.
Adults 19 and older can apply to earn credentials in Louisiana's growing industry sectors like construction, healthcare, information technology, manufacturing and transportation and logistics.
U.S. universities have long relied on international students, but President Trump's crackdown—starting with a blocked order targeting Harvard—threatens that model. Elite schools like Columbia and NYU could face similar scrutiny as the administration tightens visa policies.
