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We crunched the numbers on five significant higher ed cuts from the Trump administration’s first year.
UNC-CH Will ‘Scrap’ New Recording Policy, Chancellor Says
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UNC System Board Sets ‘Parameters’ for Academic Freedom. Is Shared Governance Next?
An opponent of the academic freedom policy said it was “inauspicious,” while the chair of the system’s Faculty Assembly said it would be “a model for other states.”
How Bennett College Is Navigating Financial Uncertainty
The school is heavily dependent on federal grants that the Trump administration has threatened.
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