Here’s how President Donald Trump’s administration has roiled higher ed, and how the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and other colleges and universities have responded.
Politics
Posted inChicago
How gutting the U.S. Education Department impacts Illinois schools and universities
President Trump signed an order on Thursday calling for the Education Department to close and he has slashed staff by half. He’s also targeting DEI in higher education and research funding.
Posted inChicago
Northwestern faculty and students say efforts to appease Trump chill free speech
Northwestern University students and faculty are sounding the alarm about a new anti-bias training video they say includes commentary characterizing criticism of Israel as antisemitic.
Posted inChicago
Trump’s funding cuts are hitting early-career researchers the hardest
Britney Smart, a PhD student at the University of Illinois Chicago, went into public health research to answer one alarming question: Why are Black women in America three times more likely to die while giving birth?
Posted inTexas
Part of pro-Palestinian student art exhibit at UNT removed amid antisemitism complaints by state lawmakers
Students who created pro-Palestinian artwork now on display at the University of North Texas said they removed a piece of their exhibit two days early.