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University of Alabama suspends identify-based student magazines as 'unlawful proxies'
Magazines spotlighting women’s and black student life halted after a DOJ memo warned against using “lived experienc…
By Jared Harris 
Dec 2, 2025
Education Dept. removes nursing from professional degree list, threatens graduate funding
The Department of Education’s updated loan rules exclude nursing from professional classification, igniting backlas…
By Jared Harris 
Nov 23, 2025
Ed Sec McMahon says Harvard negotiations nearing completion: 'We are getting close'
The Trump administration appears to be close to finalizing a deal to restore nearly $3 billion in federal research …
By Jared Harris 
Nov 20, 2025
UVA to end DEI practices in agreement reached with Trump administration
The University of Virginia has reached a settlement with the Trump administration to halt multiple federal investig…
By Austin Browne  '24
Oct 28, 2025
Four California universities will host LGBTQ programming this fall
LGBTQ resource centers at several University of California campuses are organizing welcome week events centered aro…
By Will Biagini  
Sep 22, 2025
House bill would strip federal funding from universities that fail to crack down on campus anti-Semitism
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee introduced a fiscal year 2026 education funding bill that would require col…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 10, 2025
Secretary of Education slams 'Obama-appointed judge' behind Harvard ruling, commits to court fight
After a federal judge's ruling reversed a funding freeze that locked up more than $2 billion for Harvard University…
By Jared Harris 
Sep 4, 2025
Ex-Duke doctor: I was ousted for resisting DEI mandates
Dr. Conger’s claim of being forced out spotlights a wider trend: amid a $108M funding freeze and tarnished hiring l…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 21, 2025
Newsom rejects settlement to restore funding to UCLA, vows to ‘fight like hell’ against Trump admin
Trump administration sought to force UCLA to end race-based scholarships and gender-affirming care in exchange for …
By Benjamin Brown '26
Aug 20, 2025
UCLA raked in billions from feds while pushing DEI, anti-Israel ideology: REPORT
The recent report notes how UCLA has received more than $4.3 billion in federal grants and contracts in less than f…
By Daisy Roser '26
Aug 18, 2025
Newsom threatens lawsuit over Trump admin's possible $1B deal tied to UCLA anti-Semitism probe
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state is considering legal action against the Trump administ…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 13, 2025
Trump admin halts UCLA federal research funding after DOJ uncovers 'systemic anti-Semitism'
The Trump Administration has frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research grants to the University of…
By CJ Womack '25
Aug 7, 2025
Trump admin releases $6B in frozen education funds after leftist misuse concerns
The Trump administration has decided to release nearly $6 billion in frozen education funds after reviewing concern…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 6, 2025
Trump admin negotiates fines with elite universities to restore funding
The Trump administration is in talks with several prominent universities for them to pay fines in order to restore …
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 6, 2025
DOJ memo targets DEI programs at federally-funded schools
The Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum on July 31 cautioning that many Diversity, Equity, and Inclusio…
By Simon Olech  '28
Aug 5, 2025
Brown University borrows $500M after Trump freezes federal funds over DEI, anti-Semitism concerns
The Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island with a $7 billion endowment has taken out a $500 million loan fol…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 30, 2025
Columbia faculty urge anti-Semitism reforms ahead of federal funding deal
Anonymous Columbia University faculty and staff are urging the administration to require anti-Semitism reforms in e…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 28, 2025
Ivy League's morality is 'gross and greedy': WATCH
'These universities are only interested in doing the right thing by our common morality because their money is at s…
By Campus Reform 
Jul 25, 2025
Northwestern University cuts staff, halts hiring amid federal funding freeze
The cuts, announced earlier this month, include elimination of bonuses and a hiring freeze.
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 23, 2025
Columbia trustee demands Title VI compliance in anti-Semitism rebuke
A trustee at Columbia University recently criticized the school administration for its anti-Semitism response, sayi…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 20, 2025
Office for Civil Rights finds California violated Title IX by allowing men to compete in women’s sports
The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights announced on Wednesday that two California institutions vio…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jun 25, 2025
16 states join Trump admin in legal push to strip Harvard’s federal funding
16 Republican-led states have filed an amicus brief backing the Trump administration’s legal efforts to withhold fe…
By Simon Olech  '28
Jun 25, 2025
Blue state AGs urge McMahon to keep DEI grant funding
18 Democratic Attorneys General sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education urging continued federal funding …
By Claire  Harrington '25
Jun 25, 2025
Ohio State suffers $29 million loss in recent DOGE cuts
Ohio State University has lost over $29 million in grants following the federal government’s decision to defund DEI…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jun 19, 2025
Energy Department announces plan to save $405M from inefficient university research spending
Grants from the Department of Energy will no longer entirely fund university administrative costs in a move project…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
May 29, 2025
Florida Institute of Technology scrubs DEI to avoid federal funding cuts
The president of Florida Tech was captured on video discussing how the school is altering certain DEI-related termi…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
May 20, 2025
Columbia terminates 180 employees after Trump admin pulls $400M due to anti-Semitism failures
Columbia University has announced that nearly 180 research staff will be laid off due to the termination of several…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
May 14, 2025
Harvard president rejects 'partisan' label in letter to Sec. McMahon amid clash with Trump admin
Harvard University President Alan Garber asserted that the Trump administration is sidestepping private institution…
By Will Biagini  
May 13, 2025
Harvard University will no longer receive federal grants, Sec. McMahon says
In a letter to Harvard President Alan Garber, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon told the university it will no l…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
May 7, 2025
Harvard accepted over $1.4B from foreign sources, Campus Reform audit finds
Campus Reform obtained data from the Dept. of Education and found that Harvard accepted more than $295 million from…
By Emily Sturge  
Apr 30, 2025
Trump admin pauses $2.2B in Harvard funding as school resists DEI changes
The Trump administration has frozen $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University after the school announced that it…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Apr 16, 2025
Trump admin sets terms, orders DEI rollback and protections for Jewish students for Harvard to preserve $9B in federal funding
The Trump administration's Task Force on Anti-Semitism directed Harvard University to implement a mask ban, coopera…
By Emily Sturge  
Apr 8, 2025
‘GUN TO THE HEAD’: AFT, AAUP sue Trump admin over $400M Columbia freeze
The American Federation of Teachers and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) are suing the Trum…
By Emily Sturge  
Mar 28, 2025
Linda McMahon says Columbia must fully comply with Trump admin's demands to have federal funds restored
Education Secretary Linda McMahon recently stated that, in order to have its federal funding restored, Columbia Uni…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Mar 26, 2025
UPenn implements hiring freeze 'immediately and until further notice'
Another elite institution has implemented limitations to its hiring and spending in response to potential changes t…
By Campus Reform 
Mar 11, 2025
Stanford announces hiring freeze due to shifting federal policy
Stanford University has implemented a hiring freeze in response to the Trump administration's potential funding cut…
By Campus Reform 
Mar 3, 2025
Gov. DeSantis establishes Florida DOGE, cuts in-state tuition for illegal migrants
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the launch of a state-level Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task for…
By Emily Sturge  
Mar 3, 2025
'LGBTQ+ words for elementary students': 10 ways Maine's Department of Education spends its money
Maine receives $358.4 million in federal funding for K-12 education and refuses to comply with Trump's executive or…
By Emily Sturge  
Mar 3, 2025
DOGE reveals most savings at Dept. of Education with nearly $1B cut
DOGE claims to have saved the most money at the U.S. Department of Education out of any government agency through c…
By Emily Sturge  
Feb 28, 2025
Gen Z is on board with DOGE: WATCH
Campus Reform Correspondent Virginia King interviewed students at the University of Texas at Dallas, getting their …
By Campus Reform 
Dec 20, 2024
NEH funds intersectional speaker to discuss 'Latinx' impacts on sports at Manhattanville University
The National Endowment for the Humanities funded a speaker at Manhattanville University to discuss 'Amplifying the …
By Campus Reform 
Oct 28, 2024
Two House committees pen letter to ARPA-H to ensure civil rights compliance against anti-Semitism
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce sent the letter t…
By Gabriel  Zylstra '28
Oct 16, 2024
Number of higher ed institutions dropped 1.7 percent in the 2023-2024 school year as the cost of college continues to soar
The number of higher education institutions dropped 1.7 percent during the 2023-24 academic school year as economic…
By Michael Duke '26
Aug 26, 2024
NIH prioritizes schools with diversity statements in doling out grants
The National Institutes of Health's 'Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation' initiative f…
By Campus Reform 
Mar 22, 2024
NIH funds program matching LGBT teens and adults for ‘mentoring’ without parental consent
The National Institutes of Health approved a grant of nearly half a million dollars to fund an ‘online mentoring’ p…
By Will Biagini  
Oct 18, 2023
Boston pays for illegal immigrants' college tuition with federal stimulus money
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced a financial expansion of the Tuition-Free Community College Plan, which will now…
By Georgia  Lucas '23
Apr 14, 2023
REPORT: Biden admin. may penalize universities not considered LGBTQ+ inclusive
The Biden Administration's rewrite of Title IX may put federal funding on the line for state-funded schools and uni…
By Alexa Schwerha 
Jun 10, 2022
New bill would penalize colleges that lie about foreign funding
The REPORT Fines Act would levy financial penalties on colleges that fail to report their foreign gifts and contrac…
By Angela Morabito 
Jul 2, 2021
Student gov slaps down sanctuary campus proposal
Supporters accused President Susan Cole of influencing the representatives, noting that she has rejected the sanctu…
By Amber Athey 
Apr 11, 2017