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Academic Freedom
Brown University sits in downtown Providence

Brown University Rejects Trump’s Offer for Priority Funding, Citing Concerns Over Academic Freedom

Brown previously struck a deal with the Trump administration to restore lost research funding and end federal investigations into discrimination.

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Building 10 sits behind Killian Court at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge

MIT President Says She ‘Cannot Support’ Proposal To Adopt Trump Priorities for Funding Benefits

University leaders face immense pressure to reject the compact amid opposition from students, faculty, free speech advocates and higher education groups.

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Brown University sits in downtown Providence

Trump Asks 9 Colleges To Commit to His Political Agenda and Get Favorable Access to Federal Money

The memo represents a shift in strategy as the administration offers a reward — not just punishment — as an incentive for adopting Trump’s political wish list.

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Commencement ceremony at West Point Military Academy in West Point, New York

West Point Is Violating the First Amendment With a Crackdown on Professors, Lawsuit Says

The lawsuit seeks class action status for West Point’s civilian faculty members and a court order to stop restrictions on free speech.

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University of California Students, Professors and Staff Sue the Trump Administration

The Trump administration has used its control of federal funding to push for reforms at elite colleges that the president decries as overrun by liberalism and antisemitism.

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Judge Reverses Trump Administration’s Cuts of Billions of Dollars to Harvard University

The judge ruled the cuts amounted to illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of the Trump administration’s demands for changes to Harvard’s governance and policies.

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Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration Guidance Against Diversity Programs at Schools and Colleges

The guidance has been on hold since April when three federal judges blocked various portions of the Education Department’s anti-DEI measures.

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Trump Administration Ordered To Restore Some Withheld Grant Funding to UCLA

UCLA’s money as been frozen as part of a wider pressure campaign targeting universities that Trump says are out of step with his political agenda.

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