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A Year of Cuts and Court Orders for California’s Colleges and Universities: 2025 in Review

The Trump administration withheld $500 million in UCLA research funding over antisemitism allegations, while multiple court rulings ordered the return of funds amid ongoing legal disputes.

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In summary In their approach to higher education, Trump and Newsom shared one thing in common this year: reducing funding for colleges and universities. The federal government pulled back research funds while the state, facing a deficit, imposed austerity measures on the UC and Cal State University systems. Money is power. If California’s public colleges and universities didn’t already know that, they certainly learned it this year.  Though the …

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Cal Matters broke the news in Sacramento, United States on Thursday, December 25, 2025.
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