MIT is the first institution to reject a proposal by the Trump administration that would trade preferential treatment on federal funding for far-reaching changes.
By Josh Moody
10 October
Democrats are demanding answers over the University of Virginia president’s resignation and warning the board against signing a proposed federal compact.
By Josh Moody
10 October
Syllabi and course information are becoming increasingly public and Texas institutions are scrambling to scrub them of topics like gender identity.
By Emma Whitford
9 October
Higher ed organizations have raised alarm over a federal government document that asks universities to agree to significant restrictions without specifying what they’ll gain—or what they’ll lose for refusing.
Advocates condemned the proposal, which asked nine universities to overhaul admissions, hiring and speech policies and to suppress criticism of conservatives in exchange for more federal money.
By Josh Moody
2 October
Federal officials are raising long-standing concerns with research journals and the academic incentive structures propping them up. But experts say the government alone can’t overhaul the industry.
Latest Scholars at Risk data records 395 attacks in 49 countries, with risk to universities spreading from authoritarian regimes to liberal democracies
