Bianca Quilantan

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Harvard files suit in challenge to Trump administration's funding cuts

3 days ago | politico.com | Bianca Quilantan

The Trump administration has threatened to withhold up to $9 billion in grants to the university over the treatment of Jewish students that it says violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Memorial and Annenberg Halls at Harvard University on June 29, 2023, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Former presidents of Columbia, Harvard urge their successors to fight the Trump administration

1 week ago | politico.com | Bianca Quilantan |Madina Toure

That nascent pushback, showcased by Harvard’s decision to reject several proposals from Trump this week, is a notable turnaround from a year ago, when universities appeared more timid about their response to pro-Palestinian campus protests. But what’s unclear is how long even the wealthiest universities can weather a White House and conservative movement so committed to having a public spat with institutions easily branded as elite, exclusive and wealthy.
The Ivy League resistance is just getting started

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Bianca Quilantan

Leaders who once helmed the nation’s most prestigious universities are homing in on a message for their successors: resist, defend and litigate. That formula, they argue, is the only way to survive an administration eager to extract fundamental concessions from schools that go far beyond addressing stated concerns about antisemitism.
Trump’s DEI backlash ripples across the nation’s flagship universities

1 week ago | politico.com | Bianca Quilantan |Madi Alexander

Public universities are quickly backtracking on decades of diversity initiatives to avoid the ire of the Trump administration and protect billions in federal funding — even though there’s little evidence those moves will shield them. President Donald Trump is seeking to punish universities that allowed pro-Palestinian student encampment protests and touted efforts to attract a more diverse student body.
‘None of these goals are illegal’: Universities struggle to respond to funding threats

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Bianca Quilantan |Madi Alexander

Public universities are quickly backtracking on decades of diversity initiatives to avoid the ire of the Trump administration and protect billions in federal funding — even though there’s little evidence those moves will shield them. President Donald Trump is seeking to punish universities that allowed pro-Palestinian student encampment protests and touted efforts to attract a more diverse student body.
Harvard faculty union sues over $9B funding fight

1 week ago | politico.com | Bianca Quilantan

HARVARD FACULTY FIGHT TRUMP — The American Association of University Professors and its chapter at Harvard University sued the Trump administration Friday in an attempt to block the administration’s policy changes and review of nearly $9 billion in federal funding. — The faculty union is seeking a temporary restraining order to block the administration from pulling Harvard’s federal funding and forcing the institution to implement a set of demands.
Trump administration advances effort to pull Maine’s federal K-12 funding over trans athletes

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Bianca Quilantan

The Education Department launched the process for pulling Maine’s federal K-12 funding citing the state’s refusal to bar transgender students from girls’ sports. The agency referred its Title IX investigation into the state’s K-12 transgender student athletics participation policy to the Justice Department, which is a key step to launching enforcement actions.
Trump administration freezes $1B for Cornell, $790M for Northwestern

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Bianca Quilantan

The Trump administration froze $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern University, the White House confirmed. The freeze is the latest in a series of federal funding attacks against the Ivy League, but Northwestern would be the first institution to face a funding cut outside of that group. University officials from Northwestern have said they have not yet received official notice of the funding freezes.
Trump administration freezes $1B for Cornell, $790M for Northwestern

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Bianca Quilantan

The Trump administration froze $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern University, the White House confirmed. The freeze is the latest in a series of federal funding attacks against the Ivy League, but Northwestern would be the first institution to face a funding cut outside of that group. University officials from Northwestern have said they have not yet received official notice of the funding freezes.
Democratic state lawmakers brace for battle over Education Department cuts

1 month ago | politico.com | Bianca Quilantan

President Donald Trump signs an executive order beginning the process of dismantling the Education Department on Thursday at the White House. | Jose Luis Magana/AP ‘THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE’ — President Donald Trump has reduced the staff of the Education Department and has officially signed an executive order to dismantle the agency altogether with the intention of sending education back to the states. — Democratic state lawmakers say they are bracing for a fight.