Posts from The Trump Agenda
The Education Department says it will start flagging institutions where graduates on average don’t earn as much as high-school graduates. Most are for-profit technical and cosmetology schools.
The agreement releases $790 million in research funding that has been held up for months amid concerns about how the university handled disruptions from a 2024 pro-Palestinian encampment.
The newest review, led by the Education Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid, will examine whether Berkeley violated the Clery Act, the federal campus-safety law.
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Grant-making programs that support college access and student success will be outsourced to the Department of Labor under a new deal.
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The order thwarts — at least for now — the government’s attempt to wrest a $1.2-billion settlement from UCLA and deny its researchers millions of dollars in grants.
The university has pledged to follow government guidance arguing that a wide range of diversity-related efforts and programs are illegal discrimination.
Faculty leaders had worried Martin’s engagement with the Trump administration in recent days could set a dangerous precedent.
President Suresh Garimella’s response explained the university’s existing commitments across five policy areas, such as admissions, nondiscrimination, and financial responsibility.
It was a markedly different tack from other university presidents, who explicitly declined to endorse Trump’s proposed agreement as written.
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Paul G. Mahoney and Sian Leah Beilock, UVa’s and Dartmouth’s leaders, emphasized the importance of merit in the awarding of research funding — echoing proclamations made by other university presidents.
