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Groups representing a vast range of colleges and universities joined one of the country’s foremost Jewish groups on Tuesday to urge the Trump administration to change how it is trying to combat campus antisemitism, the New York Times reports.

The turmoil at the National Science Foundation has deepened in the past two weeks, the result of several actions that threaten the agency’s budget, leadership and mission, Michael Neitzel writes in Forbes.

President Donald Trump wants to end funding for TRIO, Federal Work-Study and other grant programs that support students on campus as part of a broader plan to cut $163 billion in nondefense programs, Inside Higher Ed reports.

“President Donald Trump’s administration is making drastic budget cuts and ideologically driven priority changes at the National Science Foundation in the name of saving taxpayers money and rooting out diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. But higher education leaders warn the plans will sabotage the work of the independent 75-year-old federal agency, which sends billions to…

Over strong objections from Democrats, House Republicans on the Education and the Workforce Committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would make dramatic changes to the federal student aid system, Inside Higher Ed reports.

House Republicans are planning to upend how students and families pay for college in order to cut $330 billion in federal spending, according to draft legislation released Monday, Inside Higher Ed reports.

Research colleges and universities in Virginia are at risk of taking significant cuts, state lawmakers in the House of Delegates and education experts revealed Tuesday, as the country’s executive branch continues to trim down operations and funding in the federal government, the Virginia Mercury reports.

Scores of international students and scholars across the country have recently learned that their visas have been abruptly revoked, according to university leaders, leaving college officials scrambling to understand what is happening and how to advise frightened students, the Washington Post reports.

A crackdown on foreign students is alarming colleges, who say the Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country, the Associated Press reports.

The Department of Government Efficiency has struck higher ed institutions once again—this time through the National Endowment for the Humanities, Inside Higher Ed reports.