Posts from The Trump Agenda
A letter from the interim president said that USC “would be eager to contribute its insights and expertise” to a conversation with the federal government about higher ed’s future.
Agreeing to commit to the document “would restrict academic freedom and undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance,” Christina H. Paxson said in a letter Wednesday.
An administration source told The Chronicle that “any institution that wants to adopt these principles” could sign onto the document, which offers a purported edge in grant funding.
UVa’s interim president, Paul G. Mahoney, has acknowledged publicly that certain provisions in the document would be difficult for the university to endorse.
The institution’s president, Sally Kornbluth, wrote: The proposal “is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”
The department found the university discriminated against students through its affiliation with the PhD project, a nonprofit that encourages business professionals from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue doctorates.
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The Trump administration continues its campaign of creative financial leverage against Harvard University.
The nation’s largest four-year university system is under scrutiny over alleged antisemitism and racial discrimination.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration erred in freezing the money to the University of California.
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The university has been placed on heightened cash monitoring, a status typically reserved for colleges that are seen as being at risk of financial failure.
