HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

April 29, 2025

Inside Higher Ed looks at a new House Republican legislative proposal to overhaul student loan policy... According to The New York Times elite universities targeted by the Trump administration are lobbying more than they have in nearly two decades... NPR reports that the federal government canceled grant programs that helped deaf people pursue scientific careers... Inside Higher Ed explores the growing movement pushing back against President Trump’s attacks on higher education... An opinion piece in The New York Times argues that basic research conducted by America’s universities is crucial to the country’s world-class entrepreneurial culture.

House Bill Calls for Risk-Sharing, Sweeping Changes to Student Loan Program
Inside Higher Ed | April 29, 2025

Feeling Political Heat, Colleges Pump Up Their Lobbying
The New York Times (sub. req.) | April 28, 2025

Deaf Students Had a Path to Science Careers — Until Their Federal Grants Ended
NPR | April 28, 2025

The Resistance Is Here
Inside Higher Ed | April 29, 2025

OPINION: White House Tech Bros Are Killing What Made Them (And America) Wealthy
The New York Times (sub. req.) | April 28, 2025

April 28, 2025

ICE restored thousands of international students’ SEVIS records, but the reversal may be temporary, Inside Higher Ed writes... According to The New York Times, many international students are concerned that their status is precarious... The Wall Street Journal reports that leaders of certain prestigious universities are privately collaborating to combat overreach from the federal government... NPR considers how reduced federal research funding could impair American innovation... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution examines an Emory University study on Alzheimer’s that was canceled after the NIH withdrew its funding... President Trump signed an executive order last week that will make it harder for students and employees to file discrimination complaints with the Office for Civil Rights, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Higher Ed Wins a Sevis Battle, Not the Visa War
Inside Higher Ed | April 25, 2025

International Students Worry Even as Trump Temporarily Restores Some Legal Statuses
The New York Times (sub. req.) | April 26, 2025

Elite Universities Form Private Collective to Resist Trump Administration
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | April 27, 2025

What Happens When the Federal Government Stops Funding University Research
NPR | April 28, 2025

An Emory Research Study on Alzheimer’s Comes to Abrupt Halt After Trump Administration Yanks Funding
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (sub. req.) | April 28, 2025

Trump Just Made It Even More Difficult to Accuse Colleges of Systemic Sexism and Racism
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | April 25, 2025

April 25, 2025

Two federal judges blocked the Education Department from enforcing its anti-DEI Dear Colleague letter, Inside Higher Ed writes... A Forbes op-ed looks at the value of the updated Carnegie Classifications... Harvard President Alan Garber suggested in a Boston Globe interview that the Trump administration is using campus antisemitism as a pretext to go after the university... NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan resigned on Thursday as the Trump administration seeks to cut the agency’s budget and restrict the research it funds, CNN reports.

Anti-DEI Guidance Letter Put On Hold, for Now
Inside Higher Ed | April 24, 2025

OPINION: Opportunity Colleges: Measuring What Truly Matters
Forbes (sub. req.) | April 24, 2025

In Globe Interview, Harvard President Alan Garber Casts Doubt on Trump Administration’s Motives in Antisemitism Campaign
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | April 24, 2025

Trump’s First-Term Pick to Run the National Science Foundation Quits: ‘I Have Done All I Can’
CNN | April 24, 2025

April 24, 2025

Inside Higher Ed and The Chronicle of Higher Education cover the release of the redesigned Carnegie Classifications... President Trump signed a collection of executive orders affecting higher education on Wednesday, addressing topics like foreign contract reporting and DEI in accreditation, according to the Associated Press... Inside Higher Ed examines dozens of lawsuits defending international students whose SEVIS records were terminated by the government.

Beyond ‘Prestige’: New Carnegie Classification Focuses on Student Success
Inside Higher Ed | April 24, 2025

New Carnegie Classification Aims to Shake Up How Higher Ed Sees Itself
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | April 24, 2025

Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Colleges, Plus Schools’ Equity Efforts
The Associated Press | April 23, 2025

Inside the Lawsuits Challenging SEVIS Terminations—and Succeeding
Inside Higher Ed | April 24, 2025

April 23, 2025

The NIH announced that institutions with DEI programs that violate federal anti-discrimination laws will be ineligible for grants from the agency, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported... Hundreds of higher education leaders signed a statement denouncing President Trump’s encroachment on institutions, The New York Times writes... Since rejecting the Trump administration’s demands, Harvard has received a flood of new donations, The Boston Globe reports... The Arizona Republic looks at new scholarship funding for Arizona community college students pursuing teaching careers.

Colleges Must Eliminate DEI Programs to Receive Research Funding, NIH Says
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | April 22, 2025

More Than 220 Academic Leaders Condemn Trump ‘Overreach’
The New York Times (sub. req.) | April 22, 2025

Harvard Attracts New Donors as Funding Fight With Trump Administration Intensifies
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | April 22, 2025

Community College Students Could Get Tuition Money if They Agree to Teach. What to Know
Arizona Republic (sub. req.) | April 23, 2025

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