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UC San Diego preps budget for up to a $500M hit from federal cuts
Citing “unprecedented conditions,” the university’s chancellor said it was freezing hiring and delaying capital projects.
By Ben Unglesbee • April 4, 2025 -
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Researchers sue NIH over mass cuts to DEI grants
Plaintiffs argue that agency leaders “upended NIH’s enviable track record of rigor and excellence, launching a reckless and illegal purge.”
By Ben Unglesbee • April 3, 2025 -
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TrendlineCollege finances in a rapidly changing sector
Colleges are increasingly tightening their belts and pursuing alternative revenue sources amid declining enrollment and increased competition.
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Rosemont College in Pennsylvania to combine with Villanova University
The Catholic Pennsylvania institution will become “Villanova University, Rosemont Campus” after a transition period under a merger agreement.
By Ben Unglesbee • April 1, 2025 -
Trump administration suspends dozens of Princeton University’s research grants
The Ivy League institution’s leader said it wasn’t fully clear why the funds were paused but reaffirmed the university's commitment to combating antisemitism.
By Ben Unglesbee • April 1, 2025 -
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University of New Orleans should rejoin LSU system, state board says
The public institution has been deteriorating financially since Hurricane Katrina hit the city two decades ago.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 28, 2025 -
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‘Moving in the right direction’: The push by wealthy institutions to enroll more low-income students
Pell Grant recipients at colleges with the largest endowments increased nearly 5 percentage points since 2007, per a recent Brookings Institution analysis.
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House passes bill to lower foreign reporting threshold to $50K
The legislation, known as the Deterrent Act, would also require colleges to report all foreign gifts and contracts with “countries of concern,” such as China.
By Laura Spitalniak • March 27, 2025 -
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Deep Dive‘You can’t create 18-year-olds’: What can colleges do amid demographic upheaval?
Raising retention and attendance rates, and accommodating diverse student bodies, could take on new importance as the traditional-age pipeline weakens.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 27, 2025 -
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University of Pennsylvania ordered to stop work on $175M in federal contracts
The Trump administration pulled research funding over the president’s mandate on transgender athletes — even though Penn says it is complying.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 26, 2025 -
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Deep Dive‘Undercutting your future’: What a higher endowment tax would mean for colleges
The sector is worried about more risk, fewer resources and a disincentivized donor base as Republicans eye a bigger levy on university investments.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 26, 2025 -
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AAUP and AFT sue Trump administration over threats to defund Columbia University
The unions accused federal officials of trying to “overpower” the Ivy League institution’s autonomy and are asking that a court restore all funding.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 25, 2025 -
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University of California freezes hiring as it braces for funding cuts
The system cited uncertainty at both the federal and state level, including heavy potential cuts from the National Institutes of Health.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 20, 2025 -
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Charitable giving to colleges jumped 3% in FY 2024
The increase is a “powerful vote of confidence” in the higher education sector, according to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s CEO.
By Natalie Schwartz • March 20, 2025 -
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Moody’s turns negative on higher ed’s financial outlook amid Trump cuts
Federal policy changes like layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education and funding reductions create major new risks for the sector, analysts said.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 19, 2025 -
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St. Norbert College to cut over 2 dozen faculty positions and 20 programs
The Catholic institution in Wisconsin is still trying to cut $7 million from its fiscal 2026 budget after previously initiating multiple rounds of layoffs.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 18, 2025 -
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Johns Hopkins to lay off 2,200 workers as it reels from Trump’s USAID cuts
The university said previously it faced an $800 million funding shortfall from the hollowed-out aid agency and would have to wind down programs.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 14, 2025 -
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USDA restores funding to University of Maine System
In an about-face, the agency resumed payments after Sen. Susan Collins spoke with Trump administration officials.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 13, 2025 -
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USDA pauses funding to University of Maine System
The funding freeze follows a spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills over his order restricting transgender students from women’s sports.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 12, 2025 -
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Harvard among latest universities to freeze hiring amid federal funding uncertainty
The Ivy League institution’s officials emphasized that the move was temporary and meant to “preserve our financial flexibility.”
By Ben Unglesbee • March 11, 2025 -
Saint Augustine’s University loses appeal to keep accreditation
Officials at the historically Black college are now contesting the decision to strip its accreditation via arbitration — a process it's been through before.
By Natalie Schwartz • March 7, 2025 -
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New Jersey City University pursues merger with Kean University
The public institution has made several moves to claw back from a financial emergency nearly three years ago.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 6, 2025 -
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln to cut $5M from budget, extend hiring freeze
The public land-grant institution cited uncertainty around the future of both federal and state funding.
By Laura Spitalniak • March 5, 2025 -
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‘Perplexing and distressing’: Johns Hopkins warns of budget cuts amid Trump-era funding chaos
The institution is grappling with the “unexpected stoppage” of $800 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 5, 2025 -
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University of Findlay calls off merger with Bluffton University
The larger of the two Christian institutions iced the plan to combine, citing time, expense and the complexity of maintaining separate athletics programs.
By Ben Unglesbee • Feb. 28, 2025 -
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Penn State will close some campuses amid enrollment decline, president says
Neeli Bendapudi said the university will review a dozen of its commonwealth campuses to determine which will stay open and which will close.
By Ben Unglesbee • Feb. 26, 2025
