Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Universities
The opaque process, part of a strategy by conservatives to realign the liberal tilt of elite universities, has upended higher education.
It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
The opaque process, part of a strategy by conservatives to realign the liberal tilt of elite universities, has upended higher education.
The Trump administration has been targeting Maine since the president sparred with Gov. Janet Mills over transgender athletes at the White House in February.
As the Trump administration threatens universities, the former president suggested schools shouldn’t be intimidated. But he also offered a critique of campus culture, saying it had too often shut out opposing voices.
State education officials will be required to verify that they have eliminated all programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion that the administration deems unlawful, according to a new memo.
In boilerplate letters, the administration told recipients that the grants supported diversity efforts and were wasteful.
The ruling on Monday extended an earlier one barring Elon Musk and his associates from reviewing student loan data and other potentially sensitive records.
President Trump said Friday that he was tasking other government entities with core functions of the Education Department as he works to dismantle an agency conservatives have long criticized.
President Trump signed the executive order in the East Room of the White House, which was packed with jittery children.
Congress and federal law stand in the way of shutting down the agency, which manages federal loans for college, tracks student achievement and supports programs for students with disabilities.
The order will lay the groundwork for eventually shuttering the agency, reassigning some of its primary duties.