Sonel Cutler

The NYT has numbers on the cuts at the Dept of Education.
Almost 800 people have been cut at Federal Student Aid. That's a lot larger than I expected. And IES has been gutted.

BREAKING: Northeastern acceptance rate rises to 5.6% for Class of 2029 - The Huntington News Northeastern recorded a 5.6% acceptance rate for the Class of 2029, up from last year’s record low of 5.2%.

BREAKING: Northeastern recorded a 5.6% acceptance rate for the Class of 2029, up from last year's record low of 5.2%. This is the first increase in the number of students accepted to the Boston campus since 2020. 📰: Zoe MacDiarmid
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Hispanic-Serving Institutions May Lose Federal Funds After Justice Dept. Refuses to Defend Grant Program The department has indicated that it agrees with a lawsuit calling the program’s eligibility standard “unconstitutional.” More than 600 colleges could be affected.

More than 600 Hispanic-serving institutions are at risk of losing millions of dollars in annual support after the Justice Department late last month declined to defend a federal grant program against a lawsuit.

The Nation’s Most Selective Colleges Might Have Just Snatched Away Your Students Duke, Harvard, Rice, and Stanford Universities have deviated from their typical admissions processes in an eleventh-hour effort to boost enrollment.

The nation’s most selective colleges might have just snatched away your students.

Duke, Harvard, Rice, and Stanford have deviated from their typical admissions processes in an eleventh-hour bid to boost enrollment.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

Columbia Will Make Direct Payments to Jewish Employees. Not All of Them Are Happy About It. A planned $21-million fund for victims of campus antisemitism raises a host of questions — such as who is eligible for a slice of the money.

As part of its deal with the Trump administration, Columbia will spend $21 million making direct payments to Jewish employees who "may have experienced antisemitism." Not all of them are happy about it. Read more in @chronicle.com:
www.chronicle.com/article/colu...

Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.

SCOOP: The NIH is moving to prohibit funded scientists, inside and outside the agency, from collecting data about gender, according to a draft policy I obtained. It’s part of the NIH’s aggressive crackdown on gender-identity research. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...

Where Is Columbia’s $200-Million Settlement Going, Exactly? Precedents offer few clues about an unprecedented playbook.

Where is the money from Columbia's $200 million settlement with the Trump admin going once it leaves the university's pockets?

I asked experts, who said past precedent offers little guidance for an administration using an unprecedented playbook. For @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/wher...