More than 500 universities sign letter against federal cuts, WSU absent

More than 500 universities sign letter against federal cuts, WSU absent

As the Trump administration makes funding cuts to universities nationwide, many university presidents are banding together to take a stand. The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) issued a letter speaking “against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education.” As of Wednesday, 568 schools had signed on in support, including representatives from the University of…

US: Over 400 University Leaders Condemn Trump Administration’s Attack on Academia Amid Pro-Palestine Crackdown - Quds News Network

Washington (Quds News Network)- More than 400 university leaders signed a statement last week opposing what they viewed as the Trump administration’s attack on academia, in response to a crackdown on pro-Palestine activism. “We speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education,” the statement said. “We are open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitima…

WSU does not join other universities in letter condemning funding threats

President Donald Trump's assault on college campuses in the form of threats, or actual freezing of grants that are the lifeblood of research at those institutions, has prompted college officials to send a collective message that they remain committed to battle the "unprecedented government overreach and political interference."

Universities that received federal funding for research

Big universities more often make the news, but the freeze in federal funding could affect research across the country. For the New York Times, Andrea Fuller, Zach Levitt, and Isabelle Taft use a Dorling cartogram and a beeswarm chart to show how funding is distributed, based on data from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. Tags: funding, government, research, university

"In (U.S.) higher education, a very small number of private institutions have the resources to support a cutoff in federal student aid," said the AICAD president.

UO Senate votes in favor of Mutual Academic Defense Compact

The University of Oregon Senate has voted in favor of urging UO President John Karl Scholz to establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact with other universities of the Big 10 Academic Alliance during a Wednesday senate meeting. The resolution was passed with 31 “yes” votes. The compact, first written and passed by its senate as a recommendation to its president by Rutgers University, would have each university commit “meaningful resources” to a…