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In this week's edition: Reporters traveled to four universities to see how the Trump administration is transforming higher education ([link removed]) . Some research and data cuts at the Education Department are being reinstated ([link removed]) . Plus, tell us about any changes you're seeing on your college campus by filling out our form. ([link removed])
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[About 16 percent of University of California, Berkeley, students come from outside the United States. Credit: Eric Risberg/AP Photo]
** How Trump is changing higher education: The view from 4 campuses
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A Black History Month event, canceled. A lab working to fight hunger, shuttered. Student visas revoked, then reinstated, uncertain for how long. Opportunities for students pursuing science careers, fading.
The first six months of the Trump administration have brought a hailstorm of changes to the nation’s colleges and universities. While the president’s faceoffs with Harvard and Columbia have generated the most attention, students on campuses throughout the country are noticing the effects of the administration’s cuts to scientific and medical research, clampdown on any efforts promoting diversity equity and inclusion (DEI), newly aggressive policies for students with loan debt, revoking of visas for international students and more.
Many of the administration’s actions are being challenged in court, but they are influencing the way students interact with each other, what support they can get from their institutions — and even whether they feel safe in this nation.
The Hechinger Report traveled to campuses around the country to look at what these changes mean for students. Reporters visited universities in four states — California, Illinois, Louisiana and Texas — to understand this new era for higher education.
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** Help us tell the story of how the Trump administration is changing higher education
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We want to know how the Trump administration is affecting higher education and life on your campus. What, if any, changes are you seeing at your college or university because of federal policy shifts? In what ways do you see higher education changing?
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** Education Department reinstates some research and data activities
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Trump administration lawyers admit some DOGE cuts violated congressional statutes.
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A court filing earlier this month says the agency will revive about a fifth of research and statistics contracts killed earlier this year ([link removed]) .
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Hundreds of thousands of students are entitled to training and help finding jobs. They don’t get it ([link removed])
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Nebraska’s teachers are learning how to do inclusion well
Tracking Trump: His actions to dismantle the Education Department, and more ([link removed])
The president is working to eliminate the Education Department and fighting ‘woke’ ideology in schools. A week-by-week look at what he’s done
OPINION: Clamping down on good, publicly available higher education data will send our system into a dark spiral ([link removed])
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Teaching children through diverse and inclusive books improves their educational outcomes
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