Republican leaders nationwide are pushing to reshape university governance, echoing the Trump administration’s funding freeze at Harvard. At Indiana University, alumni are protesting the governor’s removal of elected trustees.

Several Harvard graduate schools shuttered their diversity, equity and inclusion offices over the past two weeks, continuing their effort to replace DEI programs that the Trump administration has broadly painted as illegal.

President Trump is targeting university accreditors he claims support unlawful diversity initiatives, intensifying political battles over how colleges are evaluated. His actions, including an executive order and federal scrutiny of Harvard’s accreditor, challenge the traditionally non-governmental accreditation system.

We're not the first college and university to close, nor will we be the last," President Douglas Palmer said in a video announcement.