"Within a month, Trump officials had threatened colleges' research funding, started gutting the Institute for Education Sciences, declared race-based programming illegal and unleashed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on campuses, among other actions. Then, over the next six months, the administration started dismantling the Education Department, cut thousands of research grants that didn't align with Trump'spriorities, helped oust the University of Virginia's president and cracked down on international students-deporting some who criticized Israel and revoking the visas of thousands."
"It also kicked off a targeted pressure campaign on several universities that included freezing billions in federal funding and landmark settlements. All of these measures were necessary, Trump officials repeatedly said, to shake up a system that's not working for all students and to hold universities accountable, protect national security, curb campus antisemitism and enforce other federal civil rights laws."
Federal officials quickly escalated scrutiny and pressure on colleges, threatening research funding, gutting the Institute for Education Sciences, declaring race-based programming illegal, and sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers onto campuses. Over the next six months the administration began dismantling the Education Department, cut thousands of research grants that didn't align with Trump'spriorities, pressured university leadership changes, and cracked down on international students by deporting some critics of Israel and revoking thousands of visas. The administration froze federal funding, negotiated landmark settlements, and framed measures as necessary to hold universities accountable, protect security, curb campus antisemitism and enforce civil rights. Plans for 2026 include reworking accreditation, reallocating grants, and overhauling student-loan and accountability systems.
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