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Academic Freedom
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews

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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Brown University Strikes Agreement With Trump Administration To Restore Lost Federal Funding

The terms include a clause saying the government cannot dictate curriculum or the content of academic speech at Brown.

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Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas

Federal Court Says Arkansas Can Enforce Ban on Critical Race Theory in Classrooms

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the First Amendment doesn’t give students the right to compel the state to offer its instruction in public schools.

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Federal Judge Weighs Whether Alabama’s Anti-DEI Law Threatens First Amendment

The new state law, SB129, followed a slew of proposals from Republican lawmakers across the country taking aim at DEI programs on college campuses.

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Harvard Files Legal Challenge Over Trump’s Ban on Foreign Students. Overseas, Admitted Students Wait

Harvard challenged President Trump’s latest move to bar foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend the college, calling it illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of White House demands.

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Trump Moves to Block US Entry for Foreign Students Planning to Study at Harvard

It’s a further escalation in the White House’s fight with the nation’s oldest university. A Harvard official called it a violation of the school's First Amendment rights.

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Trump Administration Moves To Cut $100 Million in Federal Contracts for Harvard

Trump has railed against Harvard in an intensifying clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, calling it a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism.

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