Brock Read

1 month ago | chronicle.com | Brock Read

Harvard University has become the latest target in the Trump administration’s campaign to use federal grant money to reprove colleges it portrays as hotbeds of antisemitism. The administration will conduct “a comprehensive review” of more than $255 million in current federal contracts with the university, along with $8.7 billion in grants spread over multiple years, according to Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for less than $10/month.

2 months ago | chronicle.com | Brock Read

If higher education is struggling to look ahead in 2025, it’s not hard to understand why: Ascertaining what’s happening in the here and now is a full-time job. In less than two months in office, President Trump’s administration has unleashed a blizzard of executive orders, government cutbacks, and other pronouncements that have cast many of the sector’s basic operating principles into doubt. That the actions are vague, sweeping, and often of questionable legality only compounds the state of flux.