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Texas Tech Cancels Abortion Rights Advocate’s Speech After TPUSA Pressure
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Abortion Rights Advocate Talk Canceled After TPUSA Pressure
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center canceled a talk by a retired doctor who advocates for a woman’s right to receive a third-trimester abortion, the conservative Texas Scorecard website repor...
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January 30, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Gordon Gee goes to bat for Epstein buddy, Les Wexner.
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Former OSU President Gee defends Les Wexner amid probe into billionaire's ties to Epstein
E. Gordon Gee went to bat for Les Wexner, who he calls a friend and a wonderful philanthropist. Gee's time as president overlapped with Wexner's time as chair of the Ohio State University's Board of T...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Florida took another step Thursday toward banning all its public universities from hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas. The public comment period on the proposal will last two weeks:
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Florida Now Accepting Public Comment on H-1B Visa Hiring Ban
University system leaders say they need to pause hiring on the visas for a year to collect information about how universities utilize the program. Only the student and faculty board representatives ob...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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UNC Plans to Define Academic Freedom—and Its Limits
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UNC Plans to Define What Academic Freedom Is—and Isn’t
The Faculty Assembly’s proposed definition will soon go before the state university system’s board, but with added language such as “academic freedom is not absolute.” The state AAUP is objecting.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Ph.D.s in STEM, Health Roles Fled Federal Research Agencies Last Year
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Ph.D.s in STEM, Health Roles Fled Federal Agencies
The number of Ph.D. holders in STEM and health roles leaving 14 federal research agencies outnumbered hires 11 to 1 last year, according to a Science analysis of White House Office of Personnel Manage...
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January 28, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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The killings by federal agents in Minneapolis have fueled demonstrations. Area institutions are stepping up security, moving classes online and more.

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Minneapolis-Area Universities Respond to ICE, CBP, Protests
The killings by federal agents in Minneapolis have fueled demonstrations. Area institutions are stepping up security, moving classes online and more.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Remote Class and Escorts: Twin Cities Universities Respond to ICE, CBP, Protests
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Minneapolis-Area Universities Respond to ICE, CBP, Protests
The killings by federal agents in Minneapolis have fueled demonstrations. Area institutions are stepping up security, moving classes online and more.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Senate Committee Chair Investigates Math Course Placements at Selective Colleges
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Cassidy Probes Math Course Placements at Selective Colleges
A Senate committee chair has launched an investigation into what he says is a decline in how prepared freshmen accepted into selective institutions are for math courses there. Sen. Bill Cassidy, the L...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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Another death www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Here’s the latest.
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January 24, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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Florida Proposes Banning H-1B Visa Hires Across All Public Universities
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Florida Proposes H-1B Hiring Ban at All Public Universities
All Florida public universities would be banned from hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas under a policy change that the Florida Board of Governors will consider next week.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Boards, Bills and the Boot: Virginia Dems Move Fast to Reshape Higher Ed
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Empowered Virginia Democrats Move Fast to Reshape Higher Ed
Gov. Spanberger appointed 27 board members and signaled future governance changes. The new AG ousted campus lawyers and defended in-state tuition for undocumented students. And state lawmakers are pus...
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January 22, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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Again Defying Trump, Congress Proposes Increasing NIH Budget, Maintaining ED
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Congress Proposes Increasing NIH Budget, Maintaining ED
Appropriators have released legislation that wouldn’t defund Education Department programs or slash the National Institutes of Health budget. And it would prohibit the federal government from capping ...
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January 20, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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NEH Pours Millions Into Conservative-Aligned Projects
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NEH Pours Millions Into FEHE Network, UNC Civic School, More
The Trump-overhauled National Endowment for the Humanities announced $75.1 million in grants. Western civilization, great books and other subjects conservatives support won big.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Kansas’s House speaker is planning to pay a former fraternity brother—and former Emporia State president—$50,000 for five months of consulting. His leadership of his own university was much criticized.
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Former Emporia State Pres. to “Find Waste” at Kansas Colleges
Kansas’s House speaker is planning to pay a former fraternity brother—and former Emporia State president—$50,000 for five months of consulting. His leadership of his own university was much criticized...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Nebraska Chancellor Rodney Bennett is receiving a $1 million exit package amid a budget deficit he argued necessitated cuts. For Bennett, it's the second time he's left a job early since 2022. Criticisms at Nebraska echo those at Southern Miss.
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Nebraska Chancellor’s Hasty Exit Raises Questions
University of Nebraska–Lincoln chancellor Rodney Bennett left six months before his contract ended, with a $1.1 million exit package, amid faculty outrage over program cuts.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Justices Consider ‘Sex’ Definition, State Laws Banning Trans Women in Sports
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Supreme Court Considers Laws Banning Trans Women in Sports
Dozens of states have barred transgender girls and women from playing on teams matching their gender identity. Conservative justices appear set to bless these actions.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Sometimes I use my editor powers for good. Other times, I make @ryanequinn.bsky.social walk around the Court of Claims. His story on the court that could end up hearing cases about grant cuts —

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Researchers May Be Forced to Rely on an Obscure Court
The Supreme Court has said legal fights over terminated federal grants “likely” belong in the Court of Federal Claims. But judges there lack authority to restore them.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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Researchers May Be Forced to Rely on a Court You’ve Never Heard Of
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Researchers May Be Forced to Rely on an Obscure Court
The Supreme Court has said legal fights over terminated federal grants “likely” belong in the Court of Federal Claims. But judges there lack authority to restore them.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Researchers May Be Forced to Rely on a Court You’ve Never Heard Of
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Researchers May Be Forced to Rely on an Obscure Court
The Supreme Court has said legal fights over terminated federal grants “likely” belong in the Court of Federal Claims. But judges there lack authority to restore them.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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For Now, Judge Won’t Reinstate Kentucky Professor Calling for War on Israel
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For Now, Judge Won’t Restore Prof Calling for War on Israel
A federal judge is, for now, declining to return to the classroom a professor whom the University of Kentucky removed from teaching amid his calls for a global war to end Israel’s existence as a count...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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DOJ opens probe into Fed's Powell, drawing backlash from lawmakers politi.co/3YzhUNS via @politico.com
DOJ opens probe into Fed's Powell, drawing backlash from lawmakers
The move is a sharp escalation of Trump’s clash with the Fed chief, who he has pushed to lower interest rates.
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January 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
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January 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Texas A&M goes all in on censorship.
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Plato Censored as Texas A&M Carries Out Course Review
A&M officials have also instructed English faculty not to teach books in core classes that have major plotlines concerning gay, lesbian or transgender identities.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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Oregon Higher Ed Body Recommends ‘Institutional Integration,’ Up to Mergers
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Oregon Higher Ed Body Endorses “Integration,” Up to Mergers
Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission is recommending that the state’s public colleges and universities pursue “institutional integration”—everything from sharing services and programs to ...
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January 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Congress Plans to Largely Buck Trump on NSF, NASA, Energy Department Cuts
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Congress Plans to Mostly Buck Trump’s NSF, NASA, Energy Cuts
Federal lawmakers crafting appropriations legislation for this fiscal year have released plans that largely reject President Trump’s huge proposed cuts to the National Science Foundation, the National...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM