Trump administration and higher education Archives

Trump administration and higher education Archive

PERSPECTIVES: UCS President on Trump Administration Firing the NSF Board, “We Must Not Accept Anti-Science Actions”

"This unseemly political maneuver must be seen for what it is: politicization of the National Science Foundation."

by Future U/ April 29, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Virginia is For … Constitutional Violations?

“By agreeing, UVA risks betraying the very principles you espouse: academic freedom, ideological diversity, and free expression.”

by Future U/ November 4, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Administration Intends to Nix Already Approved Allocation to Minority-Serving Higher Ed

David Mendez, Hispanic Assoc of Colleges & Universities: “This isn't just a budget cut; it is an attack on equity …

by Future U/ September 10, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Battle for “Viewpoint Diversity” Intensifies

Letter to Harvard: "Federally approved external party to “audit the student body, faculty, staff, and leadership for viewpoint diversity.”

by Future U/ September 2, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Administration Proposes Cap on International Student Visas

"F visas typically allow students to stay in the U.S. to finish their programs. A three-year cap is proposed."

by Future U/ August 30, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “It’s a Blunt-Force, Brutal Effort that is Really Harmful”

"Nearly 80 percent of the $5.7 billion the administration has frozen since March remains on hold."

by Future U/ August 28, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: GMU President Will Not Acquiesce to Trump Administration Demands

President Washington: "Our diversity efforts are designed to expand opportunity and build inclusive excellence."

by Future U/ August 27, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: DOJ ‘Fear-Mongering’ Extends to Higher Ed

Peter McDonough, ACE: "Up until now I don’t have a sense that (DOJ) has been intentionally weaponized for political purposes.” …

by Future U/ July 13, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Federal Budget “Will Change Who Gets to Attend College and How They Pay for It”

Charles Welch, president, American Assoc of State Colleges and Univ: "Eliminate executive overreach."

by Future U/ July 4, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump-Related Think Tank Files Complaint Against Cornell U

Cornell University: The University is "deeply disturbed by personal attacks leveled against our faculty members.”

by Future U/ July 3, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Accelerates Attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Jeremy Young, PEN America: “It launches investigations into universities for merely having a DEI office or promoting DEI."

by Future U/ July 2, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: University President, “I Think You’re Doing Their Work of Authoritarianism”

“The federal government is trying to undermine the legitimacy of higher ed, law, journalism, and (on deck) entertainment."

by Future U/ June 26, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Claiming “Political Meddling,” Fulbright Board Quits En Masse

Board statement: "Injecting politics/ideological mandates into the Fulbright program violates the letter/spirit of the law that Congress so wisely established …

by Future U/ June 12, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: CNN Reports Multiple Colleges/Universities Reaching Out to Trump Administration, Seeking to Avoid Becoming “The Next Harvard”

One university board member told CNN: “We do not have any interest in being their ‘model school’ or whatever.”

by Future U/ June 4, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: “You Will Not Be Missed,” Professor Parsons

Professor Graham Parsons: "In a matter of days, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point abandoned its core principles."

by Future U/ May 26, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

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