Trump administration finds Columbia University violated Jewish students’ civil rights by showing “deliberate indifference” to harassment since October 7, 2023, including failure to investigate swastika vandalism.
Trump administration revokes Harvard’s ability to enroll international students after university refuses to turn over five years of foreign student conduct records including protest footage.
Judge blocks Trump from firing 1,300 Education Department employees after staff cuts closed seven civil rights offices and eliminated entire FAFSA oversight team.
RFK family foundation awards Maine Gov. Mills human rights prize for defying transgender policies of administration where RFK Jr. serves as HHS Secretary.
Justice Department announces False Claims Act will be used against universities with diversity initiatives by citing alleged antisemitism violations.
Thousands of California teachers rally outside SpaceX headquarters to protest Trump-Musk education budget cuts threatening special education and meal programs.
Indian Ph.D. student granted injunction against deportation after DHS tried to revoke her visa over minor traffic violation from four years ago.
Justice Department accuses Harvard of defrauding government by violating Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling after freezing $2.2 billion in federal funding.
Kennedy claims he is protecting Head Start funding weeks after Trump budget sought to eliminate the program.
Trump administration cuts another $450 million in grants to Harvard, bringing total frozen funding near $3 billion in escalating fight over campus control.
Harvard sends letter to Education Dept. denying partisan bias claims and warning of government overreach.
House Republicans propose $5 billion private school voucher program funded by donors who would receive 100% tax credits, diverting resources from public schools.
Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk arrived in Boston Saturday after federal judge orders her release from six weeks of ICE detention for writing opinion piece critical of Israel.
Columbia University suspends over 65 students following pro-Palestinian protest in library where demonstrators scrawled threatening messages.
Federal judge orders release of Turkish Tufts student detained over Israel criticism, saying detention ‘chills speech of millions’.
Education Dept investigates Penn over ‘inaccurate’ foreign donation disclosures, demands all records.
Haverford College president grilled by GOP reps over refusal to share student discipline details, with some threatening her job and federal funding.
Federal judge keeps Georgetown scholar’s wrongful arrest case in Virginia, rejecting Trump administration’s attempt to move it to Texas.
Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk to be transferred to Vermont after six weeks in ICE detention in Louisiana.
Federal judge blocks Trump plan to slash funding for library, minority business, and labor mediation agencies.
Judge bars Trump administration from withholding over $1 billion in pandemic relief for struggling students.
Columbia will lay off nearly 180 researchers after Trump administration cuts $400 million in federal grants.
Trump administration settles lawsuit and restores Maine school meal funds after state refused to ban trans girls from girls’ sports.
Trump administration backs off plan to defund Head Start but cuts raise fears of backdoor elimination.
Rev. Amos Brown says Smithsonian notified him it may return his civil rights artifacts during Trump-ordered review of African American museum.
Trump order rewrites college accreditation rules, opening door for ideological accreditors in higher ed.
Unsigned HHS report commissioned by Trump promotes psychological treatment over gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Trump budget proposes 23% cut to domestic spending, 13% boost to defense, and elimination of dozens of social programs.
One day after HHS cut $1B in school mental health grants, agency mistakenly shares list of 150 child welfare research grants marked for termination.
Trump administration ends $1 billion in school mental health grants, citing conflict with Biden-era priorities.
Harvard president apologizes and pledges reforms after task force reports expose campus antisemitism and anti-Arab bias.
Trump administration investigates Chicago Public Schools over Black Student Success Plan, alleging race-based discrimination.
Trump administration orders Penn to reverse Lia Thomas records and apologize or lose $175 million in federal funding.
Trump administration expands Harvard investigation to include Harvard Law Review over race-based article selection and membership.
Rubio defends State Department reorganization cutting human rights and diversity offices and seeking 15% staff reductions.
University leaders form private alliance to resist Trump administration’s attacks on academic independence and research funding.
Education Department opens civil rights probe into NY rule forcing schools to drop Native American mascots after Massapequa Chiefs fight.
Trump administration cancels $400 million in AmeriCorps grants, cutting 41 percent of the agency’s 2025 budget.
ICE reactivates student & exchange visa records, restoring legal status for hundreds of international students after lawsuits force policy pause.
Education Department investigates UC Berkeley for failing to disclose Chinese funding tied to Tsinghua research institute.
