The ruling limits the Trump administration’s power to cancel research and other funding based on the Office of Management and Budget’s termination clause. OMB’s proposed rule may change that.
By Ryan Quinn
21 July
Faculty at Wenzhou-Kean have accused their employer of obfuscatory employment agreements, wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation and lack of shared governance. University officials dispute the charges.
Study analysing submissions to elite titles finds scholars based in China, or who have Chinese-sounding names, struggle to get work past ‘gatekeepers’
International students previously could stay as long as their program lasted. The Trump administration is ending that 1978 policy.
By Johanna Alonso
16 July
Chief financial officers may be cautiously optimistic about the near-term financial outlook after a volatile year, but they also want structural change—now. Do they have the tools and buy-in to make it happen?
A year after the University of Virginia’s president was ousted amid anti-DEI attacks, his ‘apolitical’ successor Scott Beardsley says institutional neutrality does not diminish the institution’s commitment to upholding free speech
The White House’s plan to cement political appointees’ control over research and other grants received hundreds of thousands of comments. Lawsuits are likely next.
Administrators said the essays weren’t particularly helpful in making admissions decisions. But it’s too soon to know whether the changes are part of a larger trend.