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Trump Administration Proposes New Rules for U.S. Higher Education
The proposal would extend campus pressure into federal rules covering accreditation, grants and civil rights enforcement for about 6,000 colleges, officials said.
- President Donald Trump's administration is shifting higher education strategy from targeted investigations to proposing new federal regulations, with at least 11 new rules proposed at the Education Department to govern all U.S. institutions.
- A proposal issued last week by the Office of Management and Budget would require agencies to ensure federal grants "advance the President's policy priorities," verifying they do not promote DEI, "anti-American values," or anything denying "the sex binary in humans."
- Among other changes, proposed rules would require accreditors to ensure colleges foster "intellectual diversity," aiming to overhaul the accreditation system that determines which universities receive federal funding.
- The administration has announced fewer investigations this year than last year's more than 70, though Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, said this approach opens a "game that has rules and referees."
- Todd Wolfson, president of the American Association of University Professors, stated that professors report a "chilling effect" from federal pressure, and his organization continues to challenge the administration's actions through ongoing lawsuits.
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Trump officials went after dozens of colleges. Now they’re rewriting the rules for all of academia.
A year ago, the White House was unleashing a blitz on higher education. At one campus after another, Trump officials opened investigations and cut federal funding unless schools fell in line with the Republican president’s political agenda.
·Chicago, United States
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Trump officials went after dozens of colleges. Now they're rewriting the rules for all of academia
President Donald Trump's administration put dozens of college campuses under investigation last year and cut federal funding unless they came in line with his Republican agenda.
·New York, United States
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