Link Roundup – 7 May

Trump Administration Disqualifies Harvard From Future Research Grants (May 5)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/trump-harvard-research-grants.html

topics: national, universities, Harvard University, federal funding, research funding

 

Federal Court Says First Amendment Bars Government From Deporting Students and Faculty on Basis of Political Viewpoint, Says Challenge to Trump Policy Can Go Forward (April 29)

https://knightcolumbia.org/content/federal-court-says-first-amendment-bars-government-from-deporting-students-and-faculty-on-basis-of-political-viewpoint-says-challenge-to-trump-policy-can-go-forward

topics: national, universities, faculty, students, immigration enforcement, lawsuits against the federal government, American Association of University Professors, Middle East Studies Association

 

US student loan collections resume: here’s what you need to know (May 6)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/us-student-loan-collections-explainer

topics: national, student loans, Department of Education

 

TRIO on the Chopping Block (May 7)

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/retention/2025/05/07/how-trumps-proposed-trio-cuts-could-hamper-college-access

topics: national, federal funding, students, first-generation college students, pre-college programs

 

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones (last update May 6)

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01396-2

topics: national, federal funding, research funding, National Science Foundation

 

Universities Sue NSF Over Indirect Research Cost Policy (May 7)

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/05/07/universities-sue-nsf-over-indirect-research-cost-policy

topics: national, federal funding, research funding, lawsuits against the federal government, National Science Foundation

 

Joint Lawsuit over Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities (May 1)

https://www.mla.org/Resources/Advocacy/Joint-Lawsuit-over-Dismantling-of-National-Endowment-for-the-Humanities

topics: national, federal funding, lawsuits against the federal government, National Endowment for the Humanities

 

NEA Grant Termination Tracker (spreadsheet)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cHCTXssMWuMweRLUjGQKtsck_rg7v4tMg7cpfzDQil8/edit?gid=0#gid=0

topics: national, federal funding, National Endowment for the Humanities, data

 

Education Department restarts online library ERIC (April 28)

https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-restart-eric-ed-library/

topics: national, federal funding, research resources, Department of Education

 

Federal Court Halts Dismantling of Federal Library Agency in ALA Lawsuit (May 1)

https://www.ala.org/news/2025/05/federal-court-halts-dismantling-federal-library-agency-ala-lawsuit

topics: national, libraries, federal funding, lawsuits against the federal government, Institute for Museum and Library Services