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Trump administration revokes Harvard’s ability to enroll international students
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Dive Brief:
- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday pulled Harvard University’s authorization to enroll international students, dramatically escalating the already-tense battle between the Trump administration and the Ivy League institution.
- The agency accused Harvard of creating a “toxic campus climate” by accommodating “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators.” Kristi Noem, head of the department, also accused the university of “coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus.”
- The move, which the university on Thursday called unlawful, endangers the visas of Harvard’s international students, as they must transfer to another college or they will lose their legal status. Almost 6,800 international students attended Harvard in the 2024-25 academic year, making up 27.2% of the university’s student body, according to institutional data.
Dive Insight:

In April, DHS threatened to revoke Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification if the university did not comply with an extensive records request about its “foreign student visa holders’ illegal and violent activities” by the end of the month. International students studying in the U.S. can only attend colleges that are SEVP-approved.

But DHS’ threat against Harvard, while substantial, was largely sidelined from public attention amid the Trump administration’s vast interruptions and cuts to the university’s federal funding.

That includes the Trump administration’s decision to freeze $2.2 billion of Harvard’s funding the same day the university publicly rebuked the government’s demands for academic, hiring and enrollment changes.

Since then, Harvard has sued the federal government over the withheld funding, arguing it is being used “as leverage to gain control of academic decisionmaking” and has “nothing at all to do with antisemitism” and compliance with civil rights laws as the Trump administration claims.

The university now faces another attack on its financial well-being: the loss of tuition revenue from international students.

“It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments,” Noem said in a statement Thursday.

In an email Thursday, a Harvard spokesperson called DHS’ actions unlawful and said the university’s international students and scholars enrich it immeasurably.

“We are working quickly to provide guidance and support to members of our community. This retaliatory action threatens serious harm to the Harvard community and our country, and undermines Harvard’s academic and research mission,” the spokesperson said.

Last month, Harvard’s undergraduate admissions office notified prospective international students that they may want to have a “backup plan” in place amid DHS’ threats, The Harvard Crimson reported. To that end, the university began allowing them to accept admission to both Harvard and another non-American institution.

However, Harvard still bans international students from accepting spots at other U.S. colleges. In addition to legal reasons, the university said “the situation at Harvard might be replicated at other American universities,” according to the Crimson.

Noam signaled her willingness to do just that.

“Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country,” she said Thursday, arguing that Harvard had “had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing” and refused.

Free speech advocates immediately panned DHS’ decision.

“The administration seems hellbent on employing every means at its disposal — no matter how unlawful or unconstitutional — to retaliate against Harvard and other colleges and universities for speech it doesn’t like,” the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression said in a statement Thursday.

FIRE also called DHS’ wide-ranging records request from Harvard “gravely alarming.”

“This sweeping fishing expedition reaches protected expression and must be flatly rejected,” the organization said.

SEVP, a bureaucratic program not typically in the national limelight, gained attention as DHS under President Donald Trump abruptly canceled scores of visas held by international students studying in the U.S.

These revocations, often enacted by the agency without warning or explanation, have prompted numerous lawsuits against DHS.

On April 25, the Trump administration doublebacked and reinstated the canceled visas, the exact number of which is unknown. The move came after judges in more than 50 lawsuits issued temporary injunctions against the visa cancellations, according to Politico.

However, just days later, the Trump administration shared a policy expanding the authority of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to terminate educational visas through Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, the records management system run by SEVP.

Under the policy, evidence of an international student’s failure to comply with the terms of their legal status — not proof or “clear and convincing evidence” — would be enough for ICE to revoke it, according to guidance issued Thursday by the law firm Hunton.

The guidance also noted that the new policy did not address the federal government’s practice of terminating students’ visas without notifying them — meaning they may still have their legal status pulled without either them or their colleges being informed.
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May 22, 2025
Trump Administration Strips Harvard’s SEVIS Certification

Amid an ongoing legal showdown with Harvard University, the Trump administration has carried through on a recent threat to halt the private institution’s ability to host international students.

The move was first reported Thursday afternoon by The New York Times, then subsequently announced on social media by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

“This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus. It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments,” Noem wrote in the announcement. “Harvard had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing. It refused.”

(Though much of the federal government’s recent focus on Harvard has concerned the university’s alleged failure to address antisemitism on campus, the Trump administration has also raised questions about collaboration with foreign researchers, particularly those with ties to the Chinese and Iranian governments.)

In her statement, Noem wrote that Harvard’s Student Exchange and Visitor Information System certification was being stripped “as a result of their failure to adhere to the law,” which she said should “serve as a warning to all universities” across the U.S.

Current international students would be required to transfer to maintain their visa status.

Noem added that Harvard would need to turn over demanded records within 72 hours if it would “like the opportunity of regaining” SEVIS certification “before the upcoming school year.”

A Harvard spokesperson called the action “unlawful” in an emailed statement.

“We are fully committed to maintaining Harvard’s ability to host international students and scholars, who hail from more than 140 countries and enrich the University—and this nation—immeasurably,” the spokesperson wrote. “This retaliatory action threatens serious harm to the Harvard community and our country, and undermines Harvard’s academic and research mission.”

Impact on Harvard

Harvard enrolled 6,793 international students last fall, according to university data. International students have made up about a quarter of Harvard’s head count over the last decade—a population that could disappear, along with their substantial tuition dollars, if the Trump administration’s directive holds.

Noem threatened to revoke Harvard’s SEVIS certification last month after the university pushed back on federal government demands to turn over “detailed records on Harvard’s foreign student visa holders’ illegal and violent activities by April 30.” That threat followed Harvard’s refusal to acquiesce to sweeping demands to overhaul its governance, admissions and hiring processes and more in response to allegations of antisemitic conduct. The university then sued the Trump administration over a federal funding freeze and other recent actions.

Revoking Harvard’s SEVIS certification is the second punch the government threw at the university this week, coming after the Department of Health and Human Services announced the termination of $60 million in multiyear federal grants, which officials attributed to concerns about campus antisemitism.

Other sources of federal funding are on hold. Altogether, the Trump administration has frozen at least $2.7 billion flowing to the private university, or about a third of Harvard’s federal funds.

A New Political Cudgel

The Student Exchange and Visitor Program’s process for revoking universities’ SEVIS status is usually a prolonged and complicated bureaucratic affair, typically preceded by a thorough investigation of the institution and the possibility of appeal.

Sarah Spreitzer, vice president and chief of staff for government relations at the American Council on Education, told Inside Higher Ed that the manner in which the federal government stripped Harvard’s SEVIS certification was unprecedented.

“In a normal world, Harvard is supposed to actually get a notice that their SEVIS certification is being revoked, and then there is an appeals process,” Spreitzer said. “It doesn’t seem that DHS is following any of the regular requirements that are included in statute for taking this action.”

In late March, Trump officials first proposed revoking SEVIS status from institutions that they believed fostered antisemitism on campus, aiming their threats specifically at Columbia and the University of California, Los Angeles, which were home to major pro-Palestinian protests in 2024. In mid-April they threatened Harvard with decertification.

Clay Harmon, director of AIRC: The Association of International Enrollment Management, told Inside Higher Ed in March that historically, SEVP investigations are conducted when universities are suspected of delivering less-than-bona-fide degree programs, using shady coursework as a way to essentially sell student visas to would-be immigrants who want a fast way to enter the country.

“It is the government’s primary way of ensuring that international student visas are not granted for diploma mills, fake institutions or institutions that are not adequately financially supported,” Harmon said. “I’ve never heard of a fully accredited, reputable institution—whether it’s Columbia or Bunker Hill Community College—being subjected to some kind of extraordinary SEVP investigation outside of the standard recertification process.”

The initial process of certification, Harmon added, is intensive and can take institutions months or even longer to complete, which is one reason why decertification is so rare. Wielding the organization’s oversight powers as a tool for leverage in a larger political battle, he said, would be “a significant departure from past practices and established precedents.”

“It is clear that the administration is putting forward new interpretations of laws and powers that have not been established through case law or regular practice,” Harmon said.

In an email to Inside Higher Ed on Thursday, Harmon said the administration’s decision to use decertification against Harvard “imposes real, immediate, and significant harm on thousands of students for reasons outside their control and unrelated to their own actions.”

“This action may have broad and long-term negative impacts—well beyond Harvard and well beyond 2025—to the educational experience and financial health of U.S. institutions,” he wrote.

Revocation of Harvard’s SEVIS certification prompted sharp reactions online.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, wrote on social media that Noem’s actions are “likely illegal” and her letter showed no evidence of Harvard’s violations.

“Nothing in here alleges ANY specific violation of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. Nothing. She cites no law violated, no regulation broken, no policy ignored,” Reichlin-Melnick wrote. “I don’t care what you think of Harvard; this is clear weaponization of government.”

Will Creeley, legal director of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, called the government’s revocation of Harvard’s ability to host international students “retaliatory and unlawful.”

In a statement posted on X, he assailed the Education Department’s demands that Harvard hand over footage of international students protesting on campus.

“This sweeping fishing expedition reaches protected expression and must be flatly rejected,” Creeley wrote. “The administration’s demand for a surveillance state at Harvard is anathema to American freedom … This has to stop.”

But some officials in the MAGA camp celebrated the move.

“This is a remarkable first step,” Republican senator Ashley Moody of Florida wrote on X. “I applaud the administration for taking a stand to rid our universities of malign foreign influence.”

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May 22, 2025
Trump administration court filing may spell end of overtime final rule

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U.S. Department of Justice attorneys asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to temporarily suspend the Labor Department’s appeals in two cases challenging its 2024 Fair Labor Standards Act overtime rule, according to an April 24 court filing.

Texas district court judges twice blocked DOL’s final rule, which increased the minimum salary threshold for overtime pay eligibility in two steps. First, a November 2024 decision sided with plaintiffs including the state of Texas and enjoined the rule nationwide. A second judgment set aside and vacated the rule in response to a lawsuit by marketing agency Flint Avenue.

The government asked that the 5th Circuit place its appeals in abeyance “pending the agency’s reconsideration of the rule.” It said counsel for the appellees in both cases did not oppose its request.

The Biden administration’s effort to expand overtime eligibility to millions of U.S. workers would have pushed the annual minimum threshold under the FLSA to $58,656 in 2025 with automatic, additional increases every three years beginning in July 2027. An initial increase to $43,888 per year took effect before Texas federal judges blocked it along with the rule’s other components.

The entire policy is almost certain to be erased by the second Trump administration, according to attorneys who previously spoke to HR Dive. Prior to the Biden-era rule, DOL had last increased the overtime-pay threshold during Trump’s first administration in 2019.

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May 6, 2025
Education researchers sue Trump administration, testing executive power
UPDATE: The hearing scheduled for May 9 has been postponed until May 16 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The court will hear two similar motions at the same time and consider whether to temporarily restore the cuts to research and data collections and bring back fired federal workers at the Education Department. More details on the underlying cases in the article below.

Some of the biggest names in education research — who often oppose each other in scholarly and policy debates — are now united in their desire to fight the cuts to data and scientific studies at the U.S. Department of Education.

The roster includes both Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst, the first head of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) who initiated studies for private school vouchers, and Sean Reardon, a Stanford University sociologist who studies inequity in education. They are just two of the dozens of scholars who have submitted declarations to the courts against the department and Secretary Linda McMahon. They describe how their work has been harmed and argue that the cuts will devastate education research.

Professional organizations representing the scholars are asking the courts to restore terminated research and data and reverse mass firings at the Institute of Education Sciences, the division that collects data on students and schools, awards research grants, highlights effective practices and measures student achievement.

Related: Our free weekly newsletter alerts you to what research says about schools and classrooms.

Three major suits were filed last month in U.S. federal courts, each brought by two different professional organizations. The six groups are the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP), Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE), National Academy of Education (NAEd) and the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME). The American Educational Research Association alone represents 25,000 researchers and there is considerable overlap in membership among the professional associations.

Prominent left-wing and progressive legal organizations spearheaded the suits and are representing the associations. They are Public Citizen, Democracy Forward and the Legal Defense Fund, which was originally founded by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) but is an independent legal organization. Allison Scharfstein, an attorney for the Legal Defense Fund, said education data is critical to documenting educational disparities and improve education for Black and Hispanic students. “We know that the data is needed for educational equity,” Scharfstein said.

Related: Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3

Officers at the research associations described the complex calculations in suing the government, mindful that many of them work at universities that are under attack by the Trump administration and that its members are worried about retaliation.

“A situation like this requires a bit of a leap of faith,” said Elizabeth Tipton, president of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness and a statistician at Northwestern University. “We were reminded that we are the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, and that this is an existential threat. If the destruction that we see continues, we won’t exist, and our members won’t exist. This kind of research won’t exist. And so the board ultimately decided that the tradeoffs were in our favor, in the sense that whether we won or we lost, that we had to stand up for this.”

The three suits are similar in that they all contend that the Trump administration exceeded its executive authority by eliminating activities Congress requires by law. Private citizens or organizations are generally barred from suing the federal government, which enjoys legal protection known as “sovereign immunity.” But under the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946, private organizations can ask the courts to intervene when executive agencies have acted arbitrarily, capriciously and not in accordance with the law. The suits point out, for example, that the Education Science Reform Act of 2002 specifically requires the Education Department to operate Regional Education Laboratories and conduct longitudinal and special data collections, activities that the Education Department eliminated in February among a mass cancelation of projects.

Related: DOGE’s death blow to education studies

The suits argue that it is impossible for the Education Department to carry out its congressionally required duties, such as the awarding of grants to study and identify effective teaching practices, after the March firing of almost 90 percent of the IES staff and the suspension of panels to review grant proposals. The research organizations argue that their members and the field of education research will be irreparably harmed.

Of immediate concern are two June deadlines. Beginning June 1, researchers are scheduled to lose remote access to restricted datasets, which can include personally identifiable information about students. The suits contend that loss harms the ability of researchers to finish projects in progress and plan future studies. The researchers say they are also unable to publish or present studies that use this data because there is no one remaining inside the Education Department to review their papers for any inadvertent disclosure of student data.

The second concern is that the termination of more than 1,300 Education Department employees will become final by June 10. Technically, these employees have been on administrative leave since March, and lawyers for the education associations are concerned that it will be impossible to rehire these veteran statisticians and research experts for congressionally required tasks.

The suits describe additional worries. Outside contractors are responsible for storing historical datasets because the Education Department doesn’t have its own data warehouse, and researchers are worried about who will maintain this critical data in the months and years ahead now that the contracts have been canceled. Another concern is that the terminated contracts for research and surveys include clauses that will force researchers to delete data about their subjects. “Years of work have gone into these studies,” said Dan McGrath, an attorney at Democracy Forward, who is involved in one of the three suits. “At some point it won’t be possible to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.”

Related: Education research takes another hit in latest DOGE attack

In all three of the suits, lawyers have asked the courts for a preliminary injunction to reverse the cuts and firings, temporarily restoring the studies and bringing federal employees back to the Education Department to continue their work while the judges take more time to decide whether the Trump administration exceeded its authority. A first hearing on a temporary injunction is scheduled on Friday in federal district court in Washington.*

A lot of people have been waiting for this. In February, when DOGE first started cutting non-ideological studies and data collections at the Education Department, I wondered why Congress wasn’t protesting that its laws were being ignored. And I was wondering where the research community was. It was so hard to get anyone to talk on the record. Now these suits, combined with Harvard University’s resistance to the Trump administration, show that higher education is finally finding its voice and fighting what it sees as existential threats.

The three suits:
1. Public Citizen suit
Plaintiffs: Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)

Attorneys: Public Citizen Litigation Group

Defendants: Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and the U.S. Department of Education

Date filed: April 4

Where: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Documents: complaint, Public Citizen press release,

A concern: Data infrastructure. “We want to do all that we can to protect essential data and research infrastructure,” said Michal Kurlaender, president of AEFP and a professor at University of California, Davis.

Status: Public Citizen filed a request for a temporary injunction on April 17 that was accompanied by declarations from researchers on how they and the field of education have been harmed. The Education Department filed a response on April 30. A hearing is scheduled for May 9.
1. Democracy Forward suit
Plaintiffs: American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE)

Attorneys: Democracy Forward

Defendants: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Acting Director of the Institute of Education Sciences Matthew Soldner

Date filed: April 14

Where: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Southern Division

Documents: complaint, Democracy Forward press release, AERA letter to members

A concern: Future research. “IES has been critical to fostering research on what works, and what does not work, and for providing this information to schools so they can best prepare students for their future,” said Ellen Weiss, executive director of SREE. “Our graduate students are stalled in their work and upended in their progress toward a degree. Practitioners and policymakers also suffer great harm as they are left to drive decisions without the benefit of empirical data and high-quality research,” said Felice Levine, executive director of AERA.

Status: A request for a temporary injunction was filed April 29, accompanied by declarations from researchers on how their work is harmed.
1. Legal Defense Fund suit
Plaintiffs: National Academy of Education (NAEd) and the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)

Attorneys: Legal Defense Fund

Defendants: The U.S. Department of Education and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon

Date filed: April 24

Where: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Documents: complaint, LDF press release

A concern: Data quality. “The law requires not only data access but data quality,” said Andrew Ho, a Harvard University professor of education and former president of the National Council on Measurement in Education. “For 88 years, our organization has upheld standards for valid measurements and the research that depends on these measurements. We do so again today.”

Status: A request for a temporary injunction was filed May 2.*

* Correction: This paragraph was corrected to make clear that lawyers in all three suits have asked the courts to temporarily reverse the research and data cuts and personnel firings. Also, May 9th is a Friday, not a Thursday. We regret the error.

Contact staff writer Jill Barshay at 212-678-3595, jillbarshay.35 on Signal, or [email protected].

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May 5, 2025
How colleges can support transgender students amid the Trump administration

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Almost immediately after taking office, President Donald Trump launched a flurry of executive orders and policy directives that threaten to roll back the civil rights of transgender and nonbinary students and erase their identities. The administration has also targeted colleges that support transgender inclusion.

Despite these moves, legal experts and transgender rights experts say college leaders can protect transgender and nonbinary students and make their campuses welcoming spaces. That type of support can be crucial to recruit those students, as well as improve their mental health and well-being on campus.

But implementing affirming policies for those students can be challenging, as institutions risk losing federal funding or facing Title IX investigations under the policies now in place.

One of Trump’s executive orders declares the federal government will only recognize two sexes, male and female, which the directive said cannot be changed — a policy out of step with scientific understanding.

Another executive order, which was blocked by a federal court, withheld federal funding to medical providers that provide gender-affirming care, such as puberty blockers and hormone therapies, to transgender people under the age of 19. An additional order directed federal agencies to end “equity-related” grants “to the maximum extent allowed by law.”

The U.S. Department of Education also issued guidance in late January advising education leaders to follow the previous Trump administration’s Title IX regulations after the Biden-era version of the rules were struck down. The Trump administration’s letter stated the department will enforce Title IX in a way that is consistent with Trump’s executive order mandating the federal government only recognize two sexes that cannot be changed.

This interpretation stands in contrast with the Biden-era version of the Title IX rules, which had prohibited discrimination based on gender identity. The Biden administration also withdrew proposed Title IX rules in December that would have barred blanket bans on transgender students participating on sports teams aligning with their gender identity.

Yet another executive order targeted an extremely small sliver of student athletes nationwide by threatening to withhold federal funding from colleges or K-12 schools that allow transgender girls and women from competing in sports aligning with their gender identity. The NCAA revised its policies to comply with the order.

The new administration has already opened Title IX investigations into San José State University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, and others that allow or have allowed transgender women or girls to participate on teams corresponding with their gender identity.

However, the enforceability of the Trump administration’s recent executive orders, which are essentially “ideological policy statements,” has not yet been determined, said Elana Redfield, federal policy director at the University of California, Los Angeles’ Williams Institute.

At the very least, colleges shouldn’t be rushing to implement “harmful and discriminatory policies” before they are legally required to do so, said Jose Abrigo, an attorney and HIV project director for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. The policies could be blocked or modified by the courts and preemptive compliance could “needlessly harm students,” he said.

The executive orders try to suppress speech, erase identities and punish those who affirm the existence of transgender and nonbinary people on college campuses — institutions that are meant to be “bastions of free thought and open discourse,” Abrigo said.

“Academic institutions should be places where truth is explored, not dictated,” Abrigo said, “where students are empowered to live authentically, not forced into silence by discriminatory and unconstitutional edicts from the president.”

How colleges can protect trans students

College leaders have several ways to affirm and protect their transgender and nonbinary students, experts say.

Higher ed institutions are in the business of education, so they should be informing students about what gender-affirming care is available and how they can access it, said Genny Beemyn, director of the Stonewall Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

They should also educate students about their options for changing their name and gender markers on legal documents and their rights concerning use of locker rooms or restrooms corresponding to their gender identities both nationally and in their own states, they added.

Policies allowing students to easily change their names across campus can be effective, said Sarah Lipson, a public health professor at Boston University. These allow a transgender student to enter a new classroom and avoid a faculty member referring to them by their deadname — a name given to them that they no longer use, she said.

But those policies should be flexible, such as including a transgender student’s deadname in communications to their family if they are not out at home, she said.

Colleges also need to provide support to transgender and nonbinary students through campus counseling centers, Beemyn said. Smaller colleges without counseling centers can refer students to outside therapists that work with transgender or nonbinary people, they said.

Gender-inclusive housing is also critical for transgender students, Lipson said. Placing transgender students in single occupancy dorms to avoid pairing them with another student who shares their gender assigned at birth is “not inclusive,” she said.

“That’s really changing the college environment for the trans student by saying you have to live by yourself in order to be part of this community,” Lipson said.

Public colleges in red states with transgender-affirming restrictions have other options to support or recruit transgender and nonbinary students, Lipson said. For instance, they could limit pronoun use on admission documents, referring instead to students by their names. Colleges could also use plural or gender-neutral pronouns instead of “he or she” or “your son or daughter,” she said.

“It requires combing through a lot of materials, but most importantly the front-facing admissions materials to ensure that those are not unnecessarily reinforcing a gender binary,” Lipson said.

The biggest thing colleges could do now is not erase their transgender and nonbinary students, Abrigo said. Instead, campus officials should recognize their existence, affirm their identities, and ensure they have access to the resources and support they need, he said.

College leaders can simply send messages to students, reminding them that transgender and nonbinary students matter, that they’re part of the campus community and that they’re aware of the threats against them, Lipson said.

“Some of these students that we’ve talked to in red states were really reflecting that,” Lipson said. “‘We feel that people are really looking out for us to the extent that they can.’”

Non-affirming campuses could impact mental health

The mental health impact of the executive orders on students can vary — depending in part on where they are in the process of coming out as transgender or nonbinary, Beemyn said.

Beemyn is working on a study that asks transgender students if the national climate is affecting whether they are willing to be out about their gender identity.

Some students in liberal states or at progressive colleges — especially those with a strong support network — don’t feel the effects of national politics as much, Beemyn said. However, the national discourse has prompted some students to say they are less likely to come out to new people and want to be less visible, they said.

“It would make logical sense that if someone can’t be themselves and has to hide who they are, that’s going to have negative effects on someone’s sense of well-being and sense of belonging, community and self-worth,” Beemyn said.

The prevalence of mental health issues is disproportionately high among higher ed students who are transgender and nonbinary — but those rates can differ from campus to campus, Lipson said.

“It would make logical sense that if someone can’t be themselves and has to hide who they are, that’s going to have negative effects on someone’s sense of well-being and sense of belonging, community and self-worth.”

Genny Beemyn

Director, Stonewall Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Boston University researchers analyzed national data from more than 11,000 transgender and nonbinary students at about 250 U.S. colleges and universities collected between 2022 and 2024.

Overall, the research showed just 16% of transgender and nonbinary students are “flourishing” on campus. But that rate is much higher at some campuses, reaching 50% at some institutions, said Lipson.

The rate of students experiencing symptoms of depression also fluctuated widely across colleges, from about 33% to upwards of 90% of transgender and nonbinary students, Lipson said. The rate of anxiety varied dramatically as well, ranging between 28% and 82%, she said.

The researchers haven’t yet examined which institutional policies might account for differences in mental health outcomes across campuses, but they plan to explore that next, said Lipson.

Even so, researchers already know access to mental health care varies greatly. At some campuses, as few as 30% of transgender students said they had access to competent mental health care, compared with over 80% at other institutions, Lipson said.

“There is a lot of variation in all of these outcomes — mental health, treatment use, and discrimination as well,” said Lipson. “That suggests that college campuses are playing a role in explaining this variation.”

Complying with the anti-trans laws

Many conservative states have enacted anti-transgender laws, including statutes barring transgender students from participating in athletics or using locker rooms or bathrooms that align with their gender identities. Finding a balance between complying with anti-trans policies while minimizing harm to transgender and nonbinary students can be challenging.

In February, new restroom signs at the University of Cincinnati reading “biological men” and “biological women” sparked student outcry.

The university stated it was following a Ohio law that took effect Feb. 25 requiring schools to designate multi-person student restrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms and showers to be used exclusively by students of the male or female “biological sex only.” The law requires “clear signage” to make those designations.

But on Feb. 26, university administrators apologized in a letter to students and said they would replace the signs, adding that use of the term “biological” on the signs was “an error on our part.” Republican state Rep. Adam Bird, who cosponsored the bill, reportedly said the term “biological” wasn’t needed on the signs to comply with the law.

“Academic institutions should be places where truth is explored, not dictated.”

Jose Abrigo

HIV project director, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund

As with state laws, colleges should take Trump’s executive orders as serious threats that merit a response to protect the organization, UCLA’s Redfield said. A loss of federal funding could be consequential, considering higher ed institutions provide a wealth of research and data collection about the experiences of transgender people, she said.

College leaders should likewise understand the threats are motivated not by science, but by ideology and bias against transgender and nonbinary people, Redfield said.

Beemyn echoed those comments. The laws make it “impossible for [transgender and nonbinary students] to live their lives in a way that’s right for them. That’s a real denial of their humanity,” Beemyn said.

The University of Washington said it’s not taking any “preemptive actions” until it receives further guidance on how to comply with the Education Department’s Dear Colleague letter regarding Title IX enforcement.

“We are committed to providing access to excellence and a welcoming environment for all and believe that a breadth of perspectives and experiences make for a richer educational experience for everyone,” the University of Washington said in a Feb. 25 statement to Higher Ed Dive.

If higher education institutions like the University of Washington and others want transgender and nonbinary students at their schools, they need to figure out ways to recognize their existence, said Redfield.

“They have to make it clear that their intention is to create an environment where trans and nonbinary students can thrive,” she said.

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April 28, 2025
AI in Education: Beyond the Hype Cycle

We just can’t get away from it. AI continues to take the oxygen out of every edtech conversation. Even the Trump administration, while actively destroying federal involvement in public education, jumped on the bandwagon this week.

Who better to puncture this overused acronym than edtech legend Gary Stager. In this conversation, he offers a pragmatic perspective on AI in education, cutting through both fear and hype. Gary argues that educators should view AI as simply another useful technology rather than something to either fear or blindly embrace. He criticizes the rush to create AI policies and curricula by administrators with limited understanding of the technology, suggesting instead that schools adopt minimal, flexible policies while encouraging hands-on experimentation. Have a listen:

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Δ</label><input type="hidden" id="ak_js_1" name="ak_js" value="203"/></p> </form></div> <p> <iframe style="display:none;width:0px;height:0px;" src="https://www.eschoolnews.com/innovation-insights/2025/04/25/ai-in-education-beyond-the-hype-cycle/about:blank" name="gform_ajax_frame_640" id="gform_ajax_frame_640" title="This iframe contains the logic required to handle Ajax powered Gravity Forms."></iframe></p> </div></div> <h2 style="margin:20px 20px 20px 0">More News from eSchool News</h2> <section id="wpsp-214563" class=" wp-show-posts" style=""> <article class=" wp-show-posts-single wpsp-clearfix post-223402 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-ai-in-education category-digital-learning category-featured-on-eschool-news tag-districts tag-education tag-educators tag-free tag-google tag-help tag-instruction tag-it tag-learning tag-school" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope=""> <div class="wp-show-posts-inner" style=""> </p> <div class="wp-show-posts-image wpsp-image-left "> <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/digital-learning/2025/04/25/how-4-districts-use-ai-tools-to-transform-education/" title="How 4 districts use AI tools to transform education"><br /> </a> </div> <div class="wp-show-posts-entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>Simply put, AI can do a lot–it can personalize learning, help students expand on ideas for assignments, and reduce time spent on administrative tasks, freeing up educators to spend more time on instruction.</p> </p></div> <p> </div> <p></article> <article class=" wp-show-posts-single wpsp-clearfix post-223337 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-ai-in-education category-digital-learning category-eschool-media category-featured-on-eschool-news tag-children tag-classroom tag-education tag-global tag-k-12 tag-kids tag-learning tag-parents tag-school tag-teachers" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope=""> <div class="wp-show-posts-inner" style=""> </p> <div class="wp-show-posts-image wpsp-image-left "> <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/digital-learning/2025/04/25/what-i-learned-building-ai-tool-kids/" title="What I learned building an AI tool for my own kids (and millions more worldwide)"> <img decoding="async" src="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1745650422_786_AI-in-Education-Beyond-the-Hype-Cycle.jpeg" alt="What I learned building an AI tool for my own kids (and millions more worldwide)" itemprop="image" class="left"/><br /> </a> </div> <div class="wp-show-posts-entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>A recent survey found that 88 percent of U.S. parents believe AI is essential to their children’s education, but most aren’t even sure whether the technology is being used in their child’s classroom.</p> </p></div> <p> </div> <p></article> <article class=" wp-show-posts-single wpsp-clearfix post-223393 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-ai-in-education category-digital-learning category-featured-on-eschool-news category-stem-steam-trends tag-classroom tag-education tag-global tag-help tag-high-school tag-instruction tag-it tag-math tag-philadelphia tag-school" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope=""> <div class="wp-show-posts-inner" style=""> </p> <div class="wp-show-posts-image wpsp-image-left "> <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/digital-learning/2025/04/24/can-ai-help-reduce-math-anxiety/" title="Can AI help reduce math anxiety?"> <img decoding="async" src="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1745650422_963_AI-in-Education-Beyond-the-Hype-Cycle.jpeg" alt="Can AI help reduce math anxiety?" itemprop="image" class="left"/><br /> </a> </div> <div class="wp-show-posts-entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>As AI becomes more widespread in education, more than half of high school students (56 percent) polled think it can go a long way in reducing math anxiety, a new global survey shows.</p> </p></div> <p> </div> <p></article> <article class=" wp-show-posts-single wpsp-clearfix post-223388 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-classroom-management category-featured-on-eschool-news category-innovative-teaching tag-classroom tag-classroom-management tag-management tag-story tag-students tag-up" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope=""> <div class="wp-show-posts-inner" style=""> </p> <div class="wp-show-posts-image wpsp-image-left "> <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/innovative-teaching/2025/04/24/what-birdwatching-taught-me-about-classroom-management/" title="Here’s what birdwatching taught me about classroom management"> <img decoding="async" src="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1745650422_574_AI-in-Education-Beyond-the-Hype-Cycle.jpeg" alt="Here’s what birdwatching taught me about classroom management" itemprop="image" class="left"/><br /> </a> </div> <div class="wp-show-posts-entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>Teachers often seem to have eyes in the back of their heads. They respond to a murmured question in a class full of conversation. They can tell if someone’s skipping class a floor away by reading faces in the room.</p> </p></div> <p> </div> <p></article> <article class=" wp-show-posts-single wpsp-clearfix post-223391 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-digital-literacy category-featured-on-eschool-news category-innovative-teaching category-learning-in-the-digital-age category-teaching-trends tag-culture tag-data tag-digital tag-digital-immigrants tag-digital-literacy tag-education tag-educators tag-k-12 tag-literacy tag-news" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope=""> <div class="wp-show-posts-inner" style=""> </p> <div class="wp-show-posts-image wpsp-image-left "> <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/innovative-teaching/2025/04/23/k-12-educators-must-prioritize-data-literacy/" title="Beyond digital literacy: Why K-12 educators must prioritize data literacy"> <img decoding="async" src="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1745650422_638_AI-in-Education-Beyond-the-Hype-Cycle.jpeg" alt="Beyond digital literacy: Why K-12 educators must prioritize data literacy" itemprop="image" class="left"/><br /> </a> </div> <div class="wp-show-posts-entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>While digital literacy has become an aspirational cornerstone of modern education, the exponential growth of data-driven decision-making across industries reveals critical gaps that demand a stronger focus on data literacy. </p> </p></div> <p> </div> <p></article> <article class=" wp-show-posts-single wpsp-clearfix post-223332 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-coding-and-robotics category-featured-on-eschool-news category-steam tag-coding tag-collaboration tag-computer-science tag-creativity tag-critical-thinking tag-distraction tag-games tag-it tag-k-12 tag-programming" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope=""> <div class="wp-show-posts-inner" style=""> </p> <div class="wp-show-posts-image wpsp-image-left "> <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/steam/2025/04/23/how-to-teach-k-12-coding-without-computers/" title="How to teach K-12 coding without computers"> <img decoding="async" src="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1745650422_182_AI-in-Education-Beyond-the-Hype-Cycle.jpeg" alt="How to teach K-12 coding without computers" itemprop="image" class="left"/><br /> </a> </div> <div class="wp-show-posts-entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>Teaching K-12 coding without computers may seem like a daunting task, but it can be a powerful way to introduce students to the fundamental concepts of computer science and problem-solving without the distraction of technology. </p> </p></div> <p> </div> <p></article> <article class=" wp-show-posts-single wpsp-clearfix post-223307 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-college-and-career-readiness category-featured-on-eschool-news category-innovative-teaching tag-career tag-career-and-technical-education tag-college tag-cte tag-education tag-hands-on-learning tag-high-school tag-learning tag-middle-school tag-national" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope=""> <div class="wp-show-posts-inner" style=""> </p> <div class="wp-show-posts-image wpsp-image-left "> <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/innovative-teaching/2025/04/22/skillsusa-students-hands-on-experience-career-skills/" title="SkillsUSA competitions give students hands-on experience with career skills"> <img decoding="async" src="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1745650422_966_AI-in-Education-Beyond-the-Hype-Cycle.jpeg" alt="SkillsUSA competitions give students hands-on experience with career skills" itemprop="image" class="left"/><br /> </a> </div> <div class="wp-show-posts-entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>The most effective way for students to learn career-ready skills in fields such as advanced manufacturing and robotics is by applying these skills in the context of authentic projects and real-world scenarios. </p> </p></div> <p> </div> <p></article> <article class=" wp-show-posts-single wpsp-clearfix post-223330 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-ai-in-education category-digital-learning category-featured-on-eschool-news tag-career tag-career-readiness tag-digital tag-digital-learning tag-high-school tag-learning tag-news tag-school tag-science tag-teachers" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope=""> <div class="wp-show-posts-inner" style=""> </p> <div class="wp-show-posts-image wpsp-image-left "> <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/digital-learning/2025/04/22/the-human-edge-in-the-ai-era/" title="The human edge in the AI era"> <img decoding="async" src="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1745650422_978_AI-in-Education-Beyond-the-Hype-Cycle.jpeg" alt="The human edge in the AI era" itemprop="image" class="left"/><br /> </a> </div> <div class="wp-show-posts-entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>In the Future of Jobs 2025 report, the World Economic Forum predicts that 60 percent of jobs will require upskilling or retraining, or they’ll be threatened. The skills we have today may not keep us secure for long.</p> </p></div> <p> </div> <p></article> <article class=" wp-show-posts-single wpsp-clearfix post-223156 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-featured-on-eschool-news category-sel category-student-well-being tag-challenges tag-high-school tag-news tag-school tag-student tag-students tag-support tag-visit" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope=""> <div class="wp-show-posts-inner" style=""> </p> <div class="wp-show-posts-image wpsp-image-left "> <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/sel/2025/04/21/growing-challenges-for-school-counselors-impact-student-outcomes/" title="Growing challenges for school counselors impact student outcomes"> <img decoding="async" src="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1745650422_143_AI-in-Education-Beyond-the-Hype-Cycle.jpeg" alt="Growing challenges for school counselors impact student outcomes" itemprop="image" class="left"/><br /> </a> </div> <div class="wp-show-posts-entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>Middle and high school counselors juggle overwhelming caseloads, expanded mental health duties, and additional administrative burdens–all of which limit their ability to provide individualized support for students.</p> </p></div> <p> </div> <p></article> <article class=" wp-show-posts-single wpsp-clearfix post-223229 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-ai-in-education category-digital-learning category-featured-on-eschool-news category-student-data-security tag-classrooms tag-data tag-data-privacy tag-educator tag-philadelphia tag-privacy tag-robot tag-story tag-teacher tag-teachers" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope=""> <div class="wp-show-posts-inner" style=""> </p> <div class="wp-show-posts-image wpsp-image-left "> <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/digital-learning/2025/04/21/philly-teacher-embraces-ai-but-treads-carefully/" title="Philly teacher embraces AI but treads carefully amid data privacy and bias concerns"> <img decoding="async" src="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1745650422_207_AI-in-Education-Beyond-the-Hype-Cycle.jpeg" alt="Philly teacher embraces AI but treads carefully amid data privacy and bias concerns" itemprop="image" class="left"/><br /> </a> </div> <div class="wp-show-posts-entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>When Adrienne Staten’s fellow teachers first started talking about using artificial intelligence tools in their classrooms, Staten was not on board.</p> </p></div> <p> </div> <p></article> </section> <p> </p></div> <footer class="entry-meta" aria-label="Entry meta"> <span class="tags-links"><span class="gp-icon icon-tags"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 512 512" aria-hidden="true" width="1em" height="1em"><path d="M20 39.5c-8.836 0-16 7.163-16 16v176c0 4.243 1.686 8.313 4.687 11.314l224 224c6.248 6.248 16.378 6.248 22.626 0l176-176c6.244-6.244 6.25-16.364.013-22.615l-223.5-224A15.999 15.999 0 00196.5 39.5H20zm56 96c0-13.255 10.745-24 24-24s24 10.745 24 24-10.745 24-24 24-24-10.745-24-24z"/><path d="M259.515 43.015c4.686-4.687 12.284-4.687 16.97 0l228 228c4.686 4.686 4.686 12.284 0 16.97l-180 180c-4.686 4.687-12.284 4.687-16.97 0-4.686-4.686-4.686-12.284 0-16.97L479.029 279.5 259.515 59.985c-4.686-4.686-4.686-12.284 0-16.97z"/></svg></span><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/tag/administration/" rel="tag">administration</a>, <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/tag/better/" rel="tag">better</a>, <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/tag/edtech/" rel="tag">edtech</a>, <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/tag/education/" rel="tag">Education</a>, <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/tag/educators/" rel="tag">educators</a>, <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/tag/it/" rel="tag">IT</a>, <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/tag/public-education/" rel="tag">public education</a>, <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/tag/schools/" rel="tag">schools</a>, <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/tag/technology/" rel="tag">Technology</a>, <a href="https://www.eschoolnews.com/tag/week/" rel="tag">week</a></span> </footer> <p style="padding-top:10px"><em>Want to share a great resource? 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Kurlan, representing the Justice Department, informed the court that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reactivating student records in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVIS) system while developing “a framework for status record termination” to guide future policies.</p> <p>The abrupt reversals began Thursday afternoon when international students and university administrators across the country discovered that many previously terminated records had been unexpectedly restored in the system.</p> <p>“It’s like somebody flipped a light switch on,” described Jath Shao, a Cleveland-based immigration attorney representing affected students.</p> <p>The policy change follows weeks of controversy after the administration began revoking visas and terminating the legal status of thousands of international students, particularly targeting those who had participated in political activism or had previous legal infractions such as DUIs.</p> <p>Higher education institutions have reported varying degrees of reinstatement. At the University of California, Berkeley, 12 of 23 affected international students have had their SEVIS records restored. Similar partial reinstatements have been reported at Rochester Institute of Technology and by attorneys representing students across multiple states.</p> <p>Despite this development, significant concerns remain for international student populations. Legal experts also caution that terminated status records, even if reinstated, could potentially jeopardize future applications for permanent residency or other immigration benefits.</p> <p>According to the Justice Department, ICE will continue to maintain authority to terminate records for legitimate violations of nonimmigrant status or other unlawful activity under the Immigration and Nationality Act. However, ICE will not terminate statuses solely based on findings in the National Crime Information Center, a computerized criminal history database that had been used to justify many of the recent terminations.</p> <p>For higher education institutions, which rely heavily on international student enrollment for both academic diversity and financial stability, the policy reversals offer temporary relief while raising questions about the stability of immigration policies affecting campus communities.</p> <p>Shao characterized the development as “a small but positive one” while emphasizing that more comprehensive protections are needed to ensure international students’ security within U.S. higher education institutions.</p> </div> <p><a href="https://www.diverseeducation.com/leadership-policy/article/15744116/trump-administration-reverses-course-on-international-student-status-terminations">Source link </a></p> </div> <div style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2025-04-25T06:59:00+00:00"><a href="https://blog.college-counseling.com/trump-administration-reverses-course-on-international-student-status-terminations/">April 25, 2025</a></time></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-7129 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured tag-administration tag-common tag-faq tag-fight tag-harvard tag-questions tag-responding tag-trump"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)"> <figure style="aspect-ratio:3/2;" class="wp-block-post-featured-image"><a href="https://blog.college-counseling.com/faq-responding-to-common-questions-about-the-fight-between-harvard-and-the-trump-administration/" target="_self" ><img loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" src="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FAQ-Responding-to-common-questions-about-the-fight-between-Harvard.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="FAQ: Responding to common questions about the fight between Harvard and the Trump administration" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;" decoding="async" srcset="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FAQ-Responding-to-common-questions-about-the-fight-between-Harvard.png 1200w, https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FAQ-Responding-to-common-questions-about-the-fight-between-Harvard-300x158.png 300w, https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FAQ-Responding-to-common-questions-about-the-fight-between-Harvard-1024x538.png 1024w, https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FAQ-Responding-to-common-questions-about-the-fight-between-Harvard-768x403.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></a></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size"><a href="https://blog.college-counseling.com/faq-responding-to-common-questions-about-the-fight-between-harvard-and-the-trump-administration/" target="_self" >FAQ: Responding to common questions about the fight between Harvard and the Trump administration</a></h2> <div class="entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained"><div> <p dir="ltr">On April 21, 2025, Harvard University <a href="https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Harvard-Funding-Freeze-Order-Complaint.pdf">filed a lawsuit</a> against the Trump administration after the federal government froze $2.2 billion in federal research funding with threats of more cuts to come. The administration claimed Harvard failed to address anti-Semitism on campus, especially in the aftermath of Hamas’ attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and issued <a href="https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Letter-Sent-to-Harvard-2025-04-11.pdf">a list of demands</a> in exchange for lifting the freeze. </p> <p dir="ltr">These demands included adopting an ideological litmus test for foreign students, a comprehensive mask ban, an audit of disfavored academic departments, mandated reforms to the university’s internal governance structure, and eliminating diversity programs. Harvard <a href="https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2025/upholding-our-values-defending-our-university/">argued</a> that these demands and the funding cuts that followed violated its institutional autonomy and constitutional right free speech and academic freedom. In the lawsuit, the university is asking the court to restore its funding and block the government from imposing such requirements in the future.</p> <p dir="ltr">FIRE <a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/harvard-stands-firm-rejects-trump-administrations-unconstitutional-demands">agrees</a> that the Trump administration’s approach is unlawful. Below are answers to some common questions we have received about the situation. </p> <h3><strong>Harvard isn’t entitled to federal funds. Why is FIRE defending it? </strong></h3> <p dir="ltr">You’re right. Harvard isn’t entitled to federal funding. No institution is. </p> <p dir="ltr">But Harvard — just like you (or FIRE, or any person or organization) — <em>is</em> entitled to a federal government that follows the law. And just as the law gives us certain protections, it also says the government can’t cancel funding on a whim, like the administration did last week. </p> <p dir="ltr">Let’s take a closer look. </p> <p dir="ltr">The vast majority of colleges and universities receive federal funds. These funds mostly consist of financial aid, like Pell grants, and grants for scientific and medical research. Of the $9 billion <a href="https://www.highereddive.com/news/harvard-university-faces-9b-federal-funding-review/744029/">reportedly</a> under review by the Trump administration, the Harvard Crimson <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/4/funding-review-hospitals">estimates</a> over $6 billion comes in the form of funding for five regional hospitals associated with the university, along with $2.7 billion in research funding at the university itself. </p> <p dir="ltr">To be eligible to receive federal funding, institutions pledge to follow federal anti-discrimination laws. Those laws include Title VI, the federal law that prohibits colleges and universities from discriminating on the basis of race, color, and national origin. Since the George W. Bush administration, the federal government has interpreted Title VI as prohibiting anti-Semitic discrimination, too.</p> <p dir="ltr">So far, so good. Colleges get government funding for students and research. The federal government in return gets (among other things) a commitment that those colleges won’t engage in or tolerate discrimination. That’s the deal. </p> <p dir="ltr">And the deal has rules to protect colleges, the government, and the taxpayers who foot the bill from being negatively affected by arbitrary decisions. Before the federal government can pull funds from an institution, it has to take a series of steps. </p> <p dir="ltr">First, the Department of Education must <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-B/chapter-I/part-100/section-100.7">investigate</a> complaints about discrimination. If it finds problems, ED is required to work with an institution to address those problems “by informal means whenever possible.” This is the most common process, where the department’s Office for Civil Rights enters into a “resolution agreement” with an institution to ensure compliance with Title VI. </p> <p dir="ltr">If that doesn’t work, for whatever reason, here’s <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-B/chapter-I/part-100/section-100.8">what happens next</a>. In order to strip federal funding, the department must give notice to the institution again and provide an opportunity for an <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-B/chapter-I/part-100/section-100.9">administrative hearing</a> where the institution can challenge the determination. If the determination stands, ED then has to report this to Congress and give 30 days’ notice before it actually terminates funding to the affected programs. ED may also refer the matter to the Department of Justice for litigation. </p> <p dir="ltr">In short, one way or another, the federal government is going to have to provide evidence and prove its case if it wants to pull out of the deal.</p> <p dir="ltr">Those are a lot of steps, but they’re important. They protect students by making sure colleges live up to their obligations. And they protect colleges by making sure they have an opportunity to contest the allegations as well as a chance to make things right. </p> <p dir="ltr">These rules are also important because they provide a safeguard against political bias, risk of error, and governmental overreach. </p> <p dir="ltr">Even the federal government acknowledges the role of due process and following existing statute. In a <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nhd.65138/gov.uscourts.nhd.65138.52.1.pdf">federal court filing</a> earlier this month, the government wrote, “But ED’s only power is to withhold funding from institutions receiving federal funding, after a robust process required by statute and aimed at ensuring compliance.” In that same court filing, the government reiterated that point, writing that “<strong>by statute and regulation, numerous steps aimed at ensuring compliance must occur before ED may withdraw funding.</strong>”</p> <p dir="ltr">Without these rules, an administration could, for example, decide to dramatically expand the definition of “sexual harassment” to include core protected speech and to remove due process protections from sexual misconduct hearings, using the threat of federal funding to force schools to go along with it. That’s exactly <a href="https://www.thefire.org/cases/departments-education-and-justice-national-blueprint-unconstitutional-speech-codes">what happened</a> under <a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/why-office-civil-rights-april-dear-colleague-letter-was-2011s-biggest-fire-fight">President Obama</a> — and <a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/former-uva-student-challenges-unlawful-sexual-misconduct-mandate-federal-lawsuit">FIRE fought back</a>. </p> <p dir="ltr">And without these rules, nothing prevents the federal government from arbitrarily declaring a university in violation of federal law, yanking federal funding, and demanding fealty and censorship. </p> <p dir="ltr">That’s what President Trump is doing now. And again, FIRE is fighting back. </p> <h3><strong>Is FIRE saying that what happened to Jewish students at Harvard and other colleges is OK? </strong></h3> <p dir="ltr">No. As FIRE has consistently noted, some campus protests veered into violations of both campus rules and the law. Examples include when protesters took over buildings, blocked access and exit to and from areas of campus, disrupted classes, or <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/2-jewish-students-punched-at-depaul-university/">committed acts</a> of <a href="https://jweekly.com/2024/02/27/im-screaming-for-help-jewish-students-face-violence-at-uc-berkeley-israel-talk/">violence</a> against Jewish students. </p> <p dir="ltr">In responding to these incidents — or failing to respond — Harvard, Columbia, and other colleges may well have been in violation of their obligations under Title VI. If they refused to correct their mistakes as the process played out, revoking their funding might have been justified and legal. </p> <p dir="ltr">But the process matters. </p> <p dir="ltr">What FIRE is saying is that the law is important. Following it isn’t optional. It protects all of us — students, faculty, administrators, families, scientists, hospitals, and the entire country. The administration can’t just decide unilaterally to skip steps. </p> <p dir="ltr">If you support President Trump — or just don’t like Harvard — remember this: Any power the president seizes to ignore the law now won’t magically disappear when he leaves office. It will be wielded by his successors, too. And this time, it might well target schools or other organizations you like. </p> <h3><strong>Didn’t Harvard rank last for free speech on your list? </strong></h3> <p dir="ltr">It sure did — two years in a row, in fact. </p> <p dir="ltr">But one of the reasons we created our rankings was to give colleges and universities an incentive to do better. Protecting expressive rights on campus is a big part of our mission, and Harvard has a long way to go. Indeed, Harvard (like Columbia) makes a politically popular target precisely because so many people resent its years of engaging in the kind of behavior towards dissenting students and faculty that FIRE was founded to combat. </p> <p dir="ltr">But lately Harvard has been <a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/big-win-campus-free-speech-harvard-wont-issue-statements-hot-button-social-and-political">making an effort</a>, and we won’t succeed by writing schools off. And we definitely won’t succeed by allowing the federal government to take them over, trading one dominant ideology for another. </p> <p dir="ltr">You can’t censor your way to free speech.</p> </p></div> <p><a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/faq-responding-common-questions-about-fight-between-harvard-and-trump-administration">Source link </a></p> </div> <div style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2025-04-22T20:20:00+00:00"><a href="https://blog.college-counseling.com/faq-responding-to-common-questions-about-the-fight-between-harvard-and-the-trump-administration/">April 22, 2025</a></time></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-7087 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured tag-administration tag-career tag-education tag-events tag-harvard tag-higher tag-jobs tag-news tag-sues tag-trump"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)"> <figure style="aspect-ratio:3/2;" class="wp-block-post-featured-image"><a href="https://blog.college-counseling.com/harvard-sues-the-trump-administration/" target="_self" ><img loading="lazy" width="300" height="300" src="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Books-reviewed-in-2024.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Harvard Sues the Trump Administration" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;" decoding="async" srcset="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Books-reviewed-in-2024.png 300w, https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Books-reviewed-in-2024-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size"><a href="https://blog.college-counseling.com/harvard-sues-the-trump-administration/" target="_self" >Harvard Sues the Trump Administration</a></h2> <div class="entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained"><div> <p>After a weeks-long standoff with the federal government over alleged antisemitism on campus, Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Monday over the $2.2 billion federal funding freeze enacted after the private institution <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2025/04/14/harvard-resists-trumps-demands">rejected a far-reaching slate of reforms</a> last week.</p> <p>The Trump administration had demanded Harvard overhaul university governance, hiring, admissions and more, despite the fact that an investigation has yet to reach any conclusions.</p> <p>President Alan Garber announced the move in a <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2025/upholding-our-values-defending-our-university/" target="_blank">statement to the university community</a> Monday, noting that while some officials in the Trump administration have claimed the demand letter was sent by accident, the federal government has acted in ways that suggest it was purposeful.</p> <p>“Doubling down on the letter’s sweeping and intrusive demands—which would impose unprecedented and improper control over the University—the government has, in addition to the initial freeze of $2.2 billion in funding, considered taking steps to freeze an additional $1 billion in grants, initiated numerous investigations of Harvard’s operations, threatened the education of international students, and announced that it is considering a revocation of Harvard’s 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. These actions have stark real-life consequences for patients, students, faculty, staff, researchers, and the standing of American higher education in the world,” Garber wrote.</p> <p>The lawsuit comes as the Trump administration has threatened to cut off Harvard’s ability to host international students and reportedly sought to freeze another $1 billion in research funding.</p> <p>“It has been clear for weeks that the administration’s actions violated due process and the rule of law,” said Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education. “We applaud Harvard for taking this step and look forward to a clear and unambiguous statement by the court rebuking efforts to undermine scholarship and science.”</p> <p><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Harvard-Funding-Freeze-Order-Complaint.pdf" target="_blank">Harvard’s lawsuit</a> names the Departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, Education, Energy and Defense, the General Services Administration, the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and associated agency heads. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.</p> </div> <div> </div> <p><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/04/21/harvard-sues-trump-administration">Source link </a></p> </div> <div style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2025-04-21T21:55:00+00:00"><a href="https://blog.college-counseling.com/harvard-sues-the-trump-administration/">April 21, 2025</a></time></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6567 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured tag-administration tag-cut tag-federal tag-funds tag-k12 tag-maines tag-moves tag-trump"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)"> <figure style="aspect-ratio:3/2;" class="wp-block-post-featured-image"><a href="https://blog.college-counseling.com/trump-administration-moves-to-cut-off-maines-federal-k-12-funds/" target="_self" ><img loading="lazy" width="635" height="435" src="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Trump-administration-moves-to-cut-off-Maines-federal-K-12-funds.webp.webp" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump administration moves to cut off Maine’s federal K-12 funds" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;" decoding="async" srcset="https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Trump-administration-moves-to-cut-off-Maines-federal-K-12-funds.webp.webp 635w, https://blog.college-counseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Trump-administration-moves-to-cut-off-Maines-federal-K-12-funds.webp-300x206.webp 300w" sizes="(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px" /></a></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size"><a href="https://blog.college-counseling.com/trump-administration-moves-to-cut-off-maines-federal-k-12-funds/" target="_self" >Trump administration moves to cut off Maine’s federal K-12 funds</a></h2> <div class="entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained"><div> <div class="text-to-speech"> <button class="text-to-speech__button button"></p> <p> Listen to the article<br /> <span class="text-to-speech__button__audio-length">5 min</span><br /> </button></p> <div class="text-to-speech__controls"> <audio controls="" class="js-text-to-speech" preload="none"><source src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dmgi9movl/video/upload/q_1/v1744408117/news/text_to_speech/trump-administration-moves-to-cut-off-maines-federal-k-12-funds_gx7zxa.wav" type="audio/mp3"></source></audio></p> <div class="text-to-speech__controls__text"> This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a href="https://www.k12dive.com/contact/">feedback</a>. </div> </p></div> </div> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The U.S. Department of Education on Friday moved to terminate federal K-12 funding for the Maine Department of Education, following through on its promise to cut off the state and ultimately others if they do not enforce Title IX so as to keep transgender students from girls’ locker rooms, restrooms and athletic teams. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The move marks the first time the Trump administration has officially initiated a cut in federal funding to a state K-12 school system over civil rights violations.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The department at the same time referred its Title IX investigation of Maine to the U.S. Department of Justice for enforcement — after multiple threats that it would do so if the state did not sign onto a resolution agreement within 10 days of the agency finding Maine in violation of Title IX. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>“The Department has given Maine every opportunity to come into compliance with Title IX, but the state’s leaders have stubbornly refused to do so, choosing instead to prioritize an extremist ideological agenda over their students’ safety, privacy, and dignity,” said Craig Trainor, acting assistant education secretary for civil rights in an April 11 statement. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Gov. Janet Mills “would have done well to adhere to the wisdom embedded in the old idiom — be careful what you wish for,” Trainor said. “Now she will see the Trump Administration in court.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Mills has maintained since the investigation’s launch that the state is not in violation of Title IX. The governor has said the federal investigation is “not just about who can compete on the athletic field,” but rather “</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>about whether a President can force compliance with his will, without regard for the rule of law that governs our nation. I believe he cannot.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>” </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><em><span> </span></em></span></span></span></span></p> <h3 class="standard-heading"><span><span><span><strong><span><span>A swift investigation</span></span></strong></span></span></span></h3> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The directed investigation — meaning one initiated without a public complaint — was initiated by the department on Feb. 21 and concluded less than a month later in March. The move was precipitated by a </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.k12dive.com/news/maine-title-ix-investigation-transgender-athlete-policies/740804/"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>public spat between Mills and Trump</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in February over the state’s transgender athlete policies, during which Mills threatened to see Trump in court. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The day the investigation was launched, alongside a nearly identical one into Maine by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also over Title IX, Mills said the outcome was “all but predetermined.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Indeed, the investigation’s directed nature, quick turnaround time, high stakes attached, and referral to the Department of Justice — which traditionally has been reserved for egregious cases — has raised eyebrows in the education civil rights community. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The seemingly targeted, quick and aggressive enforcement strategy marks a significant shift from education civil rights enforcement under past administrations. Investigations traditionally took months or years, involved interviews and other investigative tools, and concluded with a negotiation with schools to bring them into compliance with federal law. Resolution agreements often included changes to school district operations like conducting climate surveys or hiring or training staff to ensure all students have access to an equal education. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <h3 class="standard-heading"><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Resolution agreement rebuffed</span></span></strong></span></span></span></h3> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In this case, however, the administration gave Maine 10 days to sign </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.k12dive.com/news/ocr-to-maine-define-sex-by-reproductive-system-egg-sperm/743390/"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>a draft resolution agreement</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span> that would change state and district policies to define </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>“females” by “a reproductive system with the biological function of producing eggs (ova),” and “males” by having “a reproductive system with the biological function of producing sperm.” “Gender” would be the same as “sex” under the agreement.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The draft agreement also would have required the state to apologize to each cisgender girl impacted by the state’s transgender female athlete policy </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>“for allowing her educational experience and participation in school sports to be marred by sex discrimination.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>After the state refused to sign the agreement, the department warned officials </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-educations-office-civil-rights-issues-final-warning-letter-maine-title-ix-compliance"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>on March 31</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> that it would send the case to the Department of Justice by April 11. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>“Under prior administrations, enforcement was an illusory proposition. No more,” </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>said Trainor in a March 31 statement</span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span> “The Trump-McMahon Education Department is moving quickly to ensure that federal funds no longer support patently illegal practices that harm women and girls.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>While cutting off states or districts from funds was always within the Education Department’s power, it was a stick that was rarely used in past administrations, and especially not over Title IX, according to the Association of Title IX Administrators. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Within three months under this Trump administration, the department has </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>threatened the cancellation of more than $9.5 billion for Ivy League universities over alleged Title VI and Title IX violations related to alleged antisemitism and LGBTQ+ policies, threatened some </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.highereddive.com/news/education-department-60-letters-colleges/742507/"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>60 colleges</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span> and a handful of districts with additional loss of funding over allegations of antisemitism, and promised that “this is only the beginning.” </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </p></div> <p><a href="https://www.k12dive.com/news/trump-administration-moves-to-cut-off-maines-federal-k-12-funds/745202/">Source link </a></p> </div> <div 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