Trump administration opens civil rights investigation into George Mason University hiring practices as part of anti-DEI crackdown.
Trump administration cuts off Head Start preschool program for undocumented immigrant children after reclassifying it as federal benefit.
Trump administration sues California Education Department over transgender athlete policies after state refused federal demand to ban participation in high school sports.
Trump administration tells Harvard’s accreditor there’s “strong evidence” university doesn’t meet standards over alleged antisemitism, threatening federal financial aid eligibility.
Trump ends interest subsidy for 7.7 million borrowers in Biden’s student loan plan starting August 1, adding average of $3,500 annual interest charges.
Trump’s July 4 megabill spending law raises endowment taxes up to 8% on wealthy universities like Harvard, threatening financial aid and fueling political attacks.
Education Department releases draft proposal to strip student loan forgiveness from organizations serving immigrants and transgender youth by defining them as “illegal activities.”
Federal trial begins challenging Trump crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activists as university groups argue administration violates First Amendment through deportation threats.
WSJ Exclusive: Columbia University board discusses deal with Trump administration to restore $400 million in federal funding canceled over antisemitism claims.
University of California bans student governments from boycotting Israel while preserving individual students’ rights amid Trump funding threats.
A hacker breached Columbia University’s systems, stole student records, and broadcast Trump’s image as the school faces federal threats over protecting Jewish students.
Trump administration froze more than $6 billion in education grants after claiming states supported immigrants and LGBTQ inclusion and “grossly misused funds to subsidize a radical leftwing agenda.”
Penn erases Lia Thomas’ swimming records and bans transgender women from women’s sports after Trump Education Department finds Title IX violations.
Federal investigation finds Harvard violated civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students, putting additional funding at risk beyond $2 billion already frozen.
Education Department freezes $5 billion in congressionally approved school funding through controversial “pocket rescission” tactic to defy lawmakers.
Trump administration gave University of Virginia president ultimatum to resign by 5 PM on specific day or face immediate cuts to funding, jobs and student aid over DEI policies, senator reveals.
Harvard Kennedy School creates backup campus in Canada for students blocked by Trump’s international student crackdown.
UVA President Jim Ryan resigns after Trump DOJ threatens university funding to settle diversity practices probe.
House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Harvard over alleged Ivy League tuition price-fixing after university provides fewer than 400 documents, lowest among peers.
Justice Department launches civil rights investigation into University of California hiring practices, alleging discrimination for considering race and sex in faculty diversity efforts.
Justice Department demands University of Virginia president resign to resolve civil rights investigation, threatening hundreds of millions in federal funding over DEI programs.
Teacher tells Palestinian American student to “go back to your country” after refusing to stand for Pledge of Allegiance, prompting federal lawsuit.
Federal judge blocks Labor Department’s shutdown of 120 Job Corps sites, ruling agency can’t “do as it pleases” when Congress funded program.
Justice Department sues Minnesota over college tuition program, claiming state treats U.S. citizens as “second-class” by giving undocumented immigrants in-state rates.
Christian and other faith leaders sue Texas education agency over law requiring Ten Commandments displays in all public school classrooms.
Education Secretary McMahon gives California 10 days to strip transgender athletes of awards and ban them from competition or lose federal funding.
Federal judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s June 4 proclamation banning Harvard international students after his May 22 attempt was also blocked, ruling both are retaliation for university’s refusal to screen applicants for political beliefs.
Trump-nominated judge gives academic award to University of Florida law student who argued Constitution applies only to white people and called for removing non-white voting rights.
Abbott signs law mandating Ten Commandments displays in all Texas classrooms one day after federal court ruled identical Louisiana law unconstitutional.
Federal judge blocks NSF’s arbitrary 15% cap on university research funding after Trump administration slashed typical reimbursement rates from 50-65%.
Federal judge blocks Trump’s ban on Harvard hosting foreign students in retaliation campaign after university rejected White House demands on campus policies.
Conservative Fifth Circuit unanimously blocks Louisiana’s Ten Commandments classroom law after finding lawmakers pursued “sham” legislative purpose driven by religious objectives.
Gov. Abbott weighs campus protest restrictions banning nighttime demonstrations and masks in response to pro-Palestine activism despite Texas championing conservative campus speech.
Internal emails obtained by The Washington Post Wednesday reveal NIH briefly lifted Columbia’s grant freeze before Trump officials reinstated it hours later, demanding extra approvals amid ongoing antisemitism funding dispute.
FL Board of Governors expected to approve three DeSantis appointees as university presidents after rejecting University of Florida’s choice Santa Ono as too “woke.”
Feds sue Kentucky Gov. Beshear over in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants living in KY, claiming it gives them preferential treatment over out-of-state U.S. citizens.
US resumes issuing student visas but requires all international applicants to make social media accounts public, warning private accounts may be suspicious.
Judge postpones ruling on Trump’s unprecedented order barring international students from Harvard after university calls it “illegal retaliatory step.”
GAO finds Trump administration’s second violation of federal spending law after cutting library and museum funding by more than half despite congressional approval.
Energy Department uses school funding authority to fast-track elimination of Title IX protections for girls joining boys’ teams, bypassing normal public comment process.
NYT investigation reveals Interior Department must remove all “negative” content about Americans from national parks by September 17 deadline after asking visitors to flag inappropriate historical information.
Over 400 international academics including 30 Nobel laureates issue anti-fascist manifesto comparing Trump to Mussolini, with some signing anonymously due to fear of reprisals.
Entire Fulbright Scholar board resigns after Trump administration rejects 200 already-approved academics based on research topics and subjects 1,200 more to unauthorized review.
Trump seeks removal from New Hampshire lawsuit challenging his transgender sports ban after federal judge allows two teen girls to keep playing while case proceeds.
Newsom threatens to cut off California’s $80 billion federal tax surplus after Trump threatens university funding cuts.
Trump administration targets California universities for $2.6 billion in federal funding cuts, threatening nation’s second-largest NIH research recipient.
Wichita and Washoe tribes sue federal government for using $23.3 billion in Native trust funds to finance abusive boarding schools that harmed their children.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overturn injunction blocking layoffs of 1,400 Education Department employees, roughly half the agency’s workforce, after lower courts ruled mass firings would disable agency.
Federal judge blocks administration proclamation banning Harvard international students from entering US four hours after university filed retaliation complaint.
Federal officials threaten to cut NY school funding over Indigenous mascot ban as state vows to expand the ban to all racial and ethnic mascots.
