Many of the Trump administration’s early actions have closely mirrored the recommendations of conservative think tanks. Read more

The Trump administration is freezing more than $2 billion in funding to Harvard University after its president, Alan M. Garber, announced on Monday the institution would not give in to a new set of demands that would have granted the government remarkable power to shape campus operations. Read more

European universities urged to review dependence on top technology companies as Trump policies expose vulnerabilities Read more

Scholars raised concerns about how artificial intelligence may define the word “woman” or be used to perpetuate “colonialism” during a “Gender and AI: Promise and Perils” conference Friday at Harvard University. Read more

The Trump administration has already won major concessions from Columbia University as the institution fights to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. Read more

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil who was detained in early March by U.S. immigration officials, is facing possible deportation for actions the government alleges goes against American foreign interests. Read more

The Trump administration has canceled several diversity, equity, and inclusion-related grants to university libraries as part of a broader effort through the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to reduce government waste and inefficiency. Read more

Deep cuts to federal research funding and crackdowns on international students could mean far fewer graduate students next fall and beyond. If that happens, undergraduates, faculty and research productivity would all suffer. Read more

Some community colleges have stripped back DEI programming and made other cuts under federal and state pressures. Read more

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights was swamped before President Trump took a sledgehammer to it. Read more