Federal government revokes visas from 7 people at UMD (April 17)
topics: local, universities, visa revocations, University of Maryland College Park
University of Maryland removes list of 25 issues found by Black students in 2020 (April 17)
https://blackexplosionnews.com/2025/04/17/university-of-maryland-removes-list-of-25-issues-found-by-black-students-in-2020/
topics: local, universities, data, University of Maryland College Park
*update:
UMD to republish dashboard tracking 25 demands made by Black student leaders (April 23)
https://dbknews.com/2025/04/23/umd-dashboard-25-demands-republish/
About $12 million worth of UMD research grants, contracts impacted by Trump cuts (April 23)
https://dbknews.com/2025/04/23/umd-research-cuts-grants-trump/
topics: local, universities, federal funding, research funding, University of Maryland College Park
Over 150 college presidents sign letter rebuking Trump administration ‘overreach’ (April 22)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/150-college-presidents-sign-letter-rebuking-government-overreach-rcna202318
topics: national, universities, federal funding, collective action
A Call for Constructive Engagement [letter from AAC&U] (April 22)
https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement
topics: local, national, universities, federal funding, collective action, University System of Maryland, University of Maryland College Park, University of Baltimore, University of Maryland Baltimore, Goucher College
These Faculty Senates Are Trying to Band Together to Stand Up to Trump (April 14)
https://www.chronicle.com/article/these-faculty-senates-are-trying-to-band-together-to-stand-up-to-trump
topics: national, universities, faculty, federal funding, collective action
MSU faculty join call for Big Ten ‘mutual defense compact’ against Trump administration (April 17)
https://statenews.com/article/2025/04/msu-faculty-join-call-for-big-ten-mutual-defense-compact-against-trump-administration
topics: national, universities, federal funding, faculty, collective action, Michigan State University
U of I to consider joining Mutual Academic Defense Compact (April 22)
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/u-of-i-to-consider-joining-mutual-academic-defense-compact/
topics: national, universities, federal funding, faculty, collective action, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Resist, eggheads! Universities are not as weak as they have chosen to be (April 17)
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/resist-eggheads-universities-are-not-as-weak-as-they-have-chosen-to-be/
topics: national, universities, federal funding, collective action
U of R grad student workers continue strike on campus (April 22)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/graduate-students-and-postdocs/2025/04/23/u-rochester-phd-students-strike-non-nlrb
topics: national, students, strikes, University of Rochester, University of Rochester Graduate Labor Union
Florida Universities Sign Agreements With ICE (April 16)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/state-policy/2025/04/16/least-10-florida-universities-have-signed-ice-agreements
topics: national, universities, immigration enforcement, cooperation
International students are being told by email that their visas are revoked and that they must ‘self-deport.’ What to know (April 19)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/us/visa-revoked-students-trump-ice/index.html
topics: national, visa revocations, students, universities
Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says (April 21)
https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-debt-default-collection-fa6498bf519e0d50f2cd80166faef32a
topics: national, student loans
NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review (April 16)
https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-halts-grant-awards-while-staff-do-second-review
topics: national, research funding, federal funding
“No Longer Serves the Interest of the United States”: The Terminated Work of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (April 22)
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/future-of-work/2025/terminated-work-institute-museum-and-library-services
topics: national, research funding, federal funding
Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This Week (April 22)
https://www.governing.com/policy/major-education-resource-set-to-shut-down-this-week
topics: national, federal funding
Labor Department Official Warns That Staff Who Speak With Journalists Face “Serious Legal Consequences” (April 23)
https://www.propublica.org/article/us-department-labor-leak-criminal-charges-threat
topics: national