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What Revoking Tax-Exempt Status Would Mean for Harvard - and the Rest of Higher Ed

1 week ago | chronicle.com | Eric Kelderman

The Trump administration is escalating its battle against Harvard University, reportedly threatening to revoke its federal tax-exempt status and costing the institution potentially a billion dollars annually. Reports from CNN and The Washington Post both cite unnamed administration officials who confirmed that the Internal Revenue Service has been asked to consider if the university has violated any of the requirements of charitable organizations, such as engaging in political activity.
Opinion | Harvard Had No Choice

1 week ago | chronicle.com | Michael C. Dorf

Harvard University’s rejection of the Trump administration’s April 11 demand letter (styled as a proposed agreement in principle) almost immediately led the White House to announce a freeze on $2.2 billion in federal funds to the institution. Undoubtedly, Harvard’s leadership contemplated such an announcement as a possible consequence of its resistance. Thus, its decision deserves either praise for courage or condemnation for foolhardiness.
Colleges use this federal safety guidance for study abroad. Now it’s gone.

1 week ago | chronicle.com | Karin Fischer

Disappearing guidanceThe Trump administration’s changes to the U.S. Department of State travel and security guidance, including the deletion of information on safety concerns based on race, gender, and sexual identity, have alarmed colleges that rely on the reports for study-abroad programs.
The College That Conservatives Took Over

1 week ago | chronicle.com | Emma Pettit

On a muggy November morning at New College of Florida, Nathan March pointed to a road that didn’t exist just two years ago. “Before our new administration came in,” there was only one way in or out of this part of campus, which was “a serious security thing,” said March, the Sarasota college’s communications director, from the driver’s seat of a golf cart.
Harvard’s President Says the University Will Not Comply With Trump’s Demands

1 week ago | chronicle.com | Sarah Brown

What’s NewHarvard University will not change its policies and practices in response to a fresh round of demands from the Trump administration, President Alan M. Garber announced on Monday, in a message titled “The Promise of American Higher Education.”It’s the second time that the Trump administration has explicitly tried to force an institution’s hand, citing concerns about alleged antisemitism.
How One Professor Tracked Grade Inflation at His College

1 week ago | chronicle.com | Beckie Supiano

As often happens with attention-grabbing issues in higher education, much of the conversation about grade inflation is focused on the most-selective colleges. But Peter Burkholder, a professor of history at Fairleigh Dickinson University, thinks that rising grades are also a problem for a more-typical institution like his, where administrators are more focused on improving student success than on whether too many students might be getting A’s.
Craving Connection, Some Gen-Z Students Unplug

1 week ago | chronicle.com | Maddie Khaw

You know the rap on Gen Z students: Our attention spans have been ravaged by TikTok and texting. We can’t read, or we don’t want to. We’re more isolated, anxious, and antisocial than past generations at our age — partly because we’ve lived large swaths of our lives through screens. Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for as low as $10/month.
These Faculty Senates Are Trying to Band Together to Stand Up to Trump

1 week ago | chronicle.com | Megan Zahneis

Faculty-senate leaders at several institutions are calling for the creation of “mutual-defense compacts” to guard against what they describe as “legal, financial, and political incursion” by the Trump administration.
All of Columbia’s NIH Funding Is Apparently Frozen. Here’s What That Looks Like for One Researcher.

1 week ago | chronicle.com | Maddie Khaw

When Donna Farber saw a Science article on Wednesday reporting that all of Columbia University’s National Institutes of Health grants had been frozen, it confirmed what she already knew. But Farber, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia, was still shaken. Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for as low as $10/month.
The Feds Want to Cement Change at Columbia With a Consent Decree. Here’s How That Would Work.

1 week ago | chronicle.com | Dan Bauman

The Trump administration has already won major concessions from Columbia University as the institution fights to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. Now it’s contemplating the use of an aggressive legal approach to preserve those victories, according to Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for as low as $10/month.