Navigating Campus Policies: Engaging with Administrators on Education Initiatives

The new administration has implemented so many new policies affecting our institutions that it may seem hard to know how best to effectively engage with our university administrators. We can’t solve all of this in an hour’s meeting, but we’ll make a start at this week’s Campus Strategy Workshop. With the support of some of us close to the legal or political situations, we’ll review items which are of greatest interest to our members. Consider what has the largest impact on your campus, and bring your questions and observations! We will convene at our usual time, 5:00 PM ET, this Wednesday March 19.

Topics to be Discussed

60 schools under investigation for Title VI Anti Semitism violations
50 schools under investigation for racially discriminatory programs, specifically the Phd Project
Universities directed to eliminate DEI/related programs (enforcement?)
$400 million grants suspended to Columbia (contested in court)
$800 million grants withheld from Johns Hopkins (USAID)
Grant overhead limited to 15% by NIH (contested in court)
Tax on significant endowments proposed to be greatly increased
Related: Penn and Harvard reported by Bloomberg to be issuing large bond issues
Related: Harvard, MIT, perhaps others freezing hiring
Related: Harvard and MIT (at least) eliminate tuition up to $200k family income
Department of Education to be eliminated
Columbia green card student detained (without charges?)