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UC System Freezes Hiring, Bans Diversity Statement Mandates
The University of California System’s president announced a systemwide hiring freeze and other “cost-saving measures, such as delaying maintenance and...
More Colleges Freeze Hiring Amid Federal Funding Uncertainty
The latest wave of cost-cutting measures comes after the Trump administration pulled $400 million from Columbia University and $800 million from Johns Hopkins.
Johns Hopkins Plans for Layoffs Amid $800M Cut to Federal Grants
Johns Hopkins University is planning for staff layoffs after the Trump administration canceled $800 million in U.S. Agency for International...
Citing Fiscal Concerns, Pitt, Carnegie Mellon Drop Science Writers Conference
The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University won’t host a conference of science journalists and other science writers that...
Not All Campus Cuts in February Were Driven by Trump
Concerns about a federal funding freeze prompted some colleges to take action, but job and program cuts last month mostly stemmed from falling enrollments and budget issues.
Penn State Weighs Campus Closures
Facing enrollment challenges and financial pressures, Pennsylvania State University is launching a review to determine which of its Commonwealth Campuses...
Opinion
Public Higher Ed Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Cuts to Medicaid spending could prove to be the most devastating threat to the sector yet, F. King Alexander and Stephen Katsinas write.
A General Counsel Seeks to Eviscerate Tenure After Being Sued for Ignoring It
Kansas’s Emporia State University is fighting a lawsuit from professors it decided to lay off in 2022. A lawmaker has filed a bill on behalf of its top lawyer, a defendant in the litigation.