Education Dept rules Denver schools violated Title IX by creating all-gender bathrooms, escalating Trump administration crackdown on LGBTQ protections.
DHS proposes a new rule to limit foreign student stays to a fixed four-year period, ending a policy in place since 1978.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressures West Virginia to weaken its school vaccine mandate, citing civil rights laws to demand a religious exemption.
GMU president rejects Education Dept. civil rights office demand for apology over DEI hiring despite finding of Title VI violation.
Judge strikes down Minnesota law excluding faith-based colleges from high school credit program, ruling it violated religious freedom.
Education Dept says George Mason University must comply and publicly apologize for race-based hiring policies or face potential loss of federal funds.
Trump DOJ refuses to defend Hispanic-Serving Institution grant program, calling it unconstitutional as Tennessee and Students for Fair Admissions press lawsuit.
Trump administration cuts $12 million California health grant after state refused to drop transgender content from teen pregnancy program.
Trump administration rescinds 2015 guidance on English learners’ education rights, weakening schools’ obligations to provide translation and support services.
Federal judge blocks Mississippi’s DEI ban law indefinitely, citing threats to free speech, academic freedom, and due process in schools.
Trump administration flips Education Dept. civil rights mission, dismissing most discrimination complaints while targeting programs for students of color and transgender students.
Oklahoma imposes political loyalty test on teachers trained in California and New York who seek certification to work in the state.
Education Dept. moves to cut federal funding for five Northern Virginia school districts serving nearly 400,000 students over transgender bathroom rules.
Federal judge blocks enforcement in Maryland of Education Department rule limiting diversity and equity programs, citing failure to follow required process.
Trump administration disbands FEMA’s youth advisory council after months of silence, ending climate-focused disaster preparedness projects by high school members.
Judge Rita Lin orders Trump administration to restore UCLA’s National Science Foundation grants after rejecting distinction between suspensions and terminations.
Justice Department finds George Washington University violated civil rights law by ignoring campus antisemitism and threatens federal funding cuts.
Trump administration investigates Harvard’s federally funded patents under Bayh Dole Act review after freezing billions in research funding earlier this year.
Trump administration demands over $1 billion settlement from UCLA including $172 million for victims after freezing $584 million in research grants.
Education Department opens civil rights probe into Baltimore City Public Schools over antisemitism after ADL complaint alleging Nazi salutes and harassment.
Trump orders federally funded colleges to report race-based admissions data, directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to expand oversight in a broader DEI crackdown.
Trump administration freezes $584 million in UCLA research grants, the first public university targeted over alleged antisemitism and affirmative action failures.
Trump administration cuts UCLA’s $200 million in federal research funding over claims university failed to address antisemitism after pro-Palestinian protests.
Federal judge allows NSF to continue withholding hundreds of millions from researchers after Trump administration cut grants targeting misinformation and diversity programs.
Trump order revives Presidential Fitness Test in schools, naming golfer Bryson DeChambeau to lead sports council as part of broader conservative sports agenda.
Virginia court blocks eight Youngkin university board appointees from serving after Senate committee rejected their confirmations in June.
Harvard complies with Trump administration demand for I-9 employment forms but withholds records for student employees while fighting to restore billions in frozen funds.
Trump administration freezes $108 million to Duke University after threatening to cut all federal funding over alleged racial preferences in hiring and admissions.
Trump administration targets Duke University over alleged race-based law journal selection threatening federal funding.
Justice Department investigates George Mason Faculty Senate for resolution supporting president Gregory Washington’s diversity hiring practices.
Harvard reportedly willing to pay Trump administration $500 million to settle federal funding dispute after Columbia’s $200 million agreement.
Trump releases $6 billion in education grants after Republican senators reject his claim that after-school programs and adult literacy courses support “radical leftwing agenda.”
Rubio launches State Department probe of Harvard’s J-1 visa program for international researchers as latest retaliation over campus antisemitism claims.
Trump administration investigates five universities for offering scholarships to DACA recipients as “discrimination against American-born students.”
Columbia University pays Trump administration $200 million settlement after federal funding was withheld over Israel-Hamas war protest response.
Trump administration illegally withheld $825 million in Head Start preschool funding for three months despite congressional approval, government watchdog finds.
The Trump administration is halting student loan forgiveness for the long-standing Income-Based Repayment plan, citing court orders against a separate program.
The Trump administration has launched a third federal probe into George Mason University, with the Justice Department now investigating the school for racial bias in hiring.
Columbia University expelled and suspended dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters as it reportedly nears a deal with the Trump administration to unfreeze $400 million in federal funding.
As the Harvard funding trial opens, Trump attacks the judge as a ‘TOTAL DISASTER’ and vows to appeal if the administration loses.
Vanity Fair publishes Turkish doctoral student’s account of 45-day ICE detention after writing pro-Palestine op-ed calling for divestment.
Trump opens third federal investigation into George Mason University over diversity programs led by first Black president.
Trump’s Education Department rejects 460,000 applications for lower student loan payments by calling Biden-era plan illegal.
Trump releases $1.3 billion in after-school funding after GOP pressure but continues withholding $5 billion in education grants.
Federal appeals court reinstates Arkansas ban on race-related curriculum in K-12 schools after lower court had blocked enforcement of education law.
Ten GOP senators urge Trump to reverse administrative pause on $6 billion education funding, saying cuts to after-school programs will harm students despite administration’s “woke” concerns.
Supreme Court allows Trump to cut 1,400 Education Department jobs despite states’ lawsuit challenging agency dismantling efforts.
Over 20 states sue Trump administration for freezing billions in after-school and summer program funding that serves 1.4 million children.
Historians launch “Save Our Signs” campaign to preserve national park exhibits before Trump’s September deadline to remove content “disparaging Americans,” seeking volunteers to photograph signs.
