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Ryan Quinn
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EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
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November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The Trump administration says California violates federal law by allowing undocumented immigrants who live in the state to pay the same reduced UC and CSU tuition rates as other in-state residents.
Trump’s DOJ sues California over law granting in-state tuition to undocumented residents
The Trump administration says California violates federal law by allowing undocumented immigrants who live in the state to pay the same reduced UC and CSU tuition rates as other in-state residents.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Judge Lets Group Defend Kentucky’s In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
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Judge Lets Group Defend Ky.’s Undocumented In-State Tuition
A federal judge has granted a group of undocumented students in Kentucky the right to defend their in-state tuition rates when their state won’t.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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The five higher ed figures who appear most frequently in the Epstein emails released on November 12th. @emmawhitford.bsky.social reports www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
5 Higher Ed Names in the Epstein Files
Both houses of Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to release the rest of the trove of documents related to Epstein. Here are some of the key higher ed people mentioned so far.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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knottkatherine.bsky.social
And ED makes it official. Numerous programs are getting shipped out to four different agencies.

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McMahon Breaks Up More of the Education Department
Trump officials announced six agreements with four agencies to take over some of ED’s responsibilities.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Here's what we know about today's announcement regarding the dismantling of ED

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McMahon Says “Clock Is Ticking” on Education Department
Trump officials are reportedly planning to enact a number of agreements Tuesday that could send key ED responsibilities to other agencies.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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@insidehighered.com has received multiple tips that the Department of Education will be signing a number of interagency agreements later today. The agreements would move the responsibilities of key offices to other departments.

Stay tuned for more coverage.
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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From @emmawhitford.bsky.social "More than 4,400 of the NIH-funded trials focused on cancer, and 118 of them—2.7 percent—had their grants canceled."
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Hundreds of Cancer, Infectious Disease Trials Disrupted by NIH Cuts
More than 380 clinical trials and tens of thousands of participants were disrupted by cuts to grant funding from the National Institutes of Health this year, according to a research analysis published...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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As New Federal Research Funding Resumes, China May Already Be Outspending U.S.
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China May Already Be Outpacing the U.S. on Research Funding
A research advocacy organization says China was projected to outpace America in R&D funding even before Trump retook power. The government shutdown probably didn’t help.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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"If Mr. Carlson wanted to interview Mr. Fuentes, then 'get the word out,' Mr. Trump said. 'People have to decide. Ultimately people have to decide.'”

And Vice President Vance is still silent:
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Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview
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November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Ky. Professor ‘Reassigned’ After Call for War on Israel Sues
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Ky. Professor “Reassigned” After Call for War on Israel Sues
The University of Kentucky law professor who was removed from teaching amid his calls for a global war on Israel to end its existence as a state is now suing his institution and the U.S. education sec...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Judge: Trump Administration Can't ‘Blanket’ Deny UC New Grants or Demand Payout
Judge: Trump Can't 'Blanket' Deny UC Grants or Demand Payout
A judge ordered federal agencies Friday to end their “blanket policy of denying any future grants” to the University of California at Los Angeles, and further ruled that the Trump administration can't...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Welp "An H.H.S. official, who asked for anonymity to speak about a personnel matter, described Dr. Norton as a radical leftist and said she was put on leave because she was criticizing the administration when she was supposed to be working."
N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
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November 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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UC Berkeley Turning Point Protests Spark Arrests, DOJ Probe
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UC Berkeley TPUSA Event Protests Spark Arrests, DOJ Probe
Protests of a Turning Point USA event at the University of California, Berkeley, campus Monday sparked arrests and investigation announcements from top U.S. Department of Justice officials, who allege...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Berkeley Law Dean Urges Supreme Court to Be ‘Guardrail of Our Democracy’
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Berkeley Law Dean Urges SCOTUS to Be “Guardrail” for Democracy
Erwin Chemerinsky capped this week’s APLU conference by explaining higher ed’s financial vulnerabilities that the Trump administration is exploiting and arguing that the high court needs to “check” th...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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this guy started the video with his qualifications as if there was any chance i wouldn’t trust this man about clocks
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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As ED Guts Its Civil Rights Office, Could States Step Up?
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Trump Gutted ED’s Civil Rights Office. Could States Step Up?
A Pa. senator announced legislation to create an agency to enforce protections that the federal government can’t, or won’t. It’s an example of how some states are trying to fill the void.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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From @jessicablake.bsky.social, who is in the room, ED reached consensus on its proposed professional definition, which was released last night.

So that's a wrap on this neg reg. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
ED Releases Proposal for Defining Professional Programs
The Department of Education released its latest proposal Wednesday for determining which post-baccalaureate degree programs get access to what amount of federal loans under Congress’ One Big Beautiful...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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University of Austin to End Tuition ‘Forever’ with Help of $100M Gift
U Austin Announces $100M Gift, End to Tuition ‘Forever’
After receiving even more support from a big conservative donor, the not-yet-accredited institution announced it will neither charge tuition nor accept government funds. Some are skeptical.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Students, Unions to Protest Trump’s Higher Ed Agenda Friday
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Students, Unions to Protest Trump’s Higher Ed Agenda Friday
Members of the American Association of University Professors, the affiliated American Federation of Teachers and student groups are planning protests in more than 50 cities Friday against “the Trump a...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Trump Research Funding Plans: Penalize ‘Repeat Players,’ Reward Compact Signers
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Trump Funding Plans Could Harm Top Research Universities
Before his administration asked universities to sign a compact in exchange for federal funding priority, the president ordered that grants shouldn’t be given “to a select group of repeat players.” Bot...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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A useful list of donors:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
Trump’s Team Offers to Keep Some Ballroom Donors Incognito
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November 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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21 States, D.C. Ask Court to Reverse Ed Department’s TRIO Grant Rejections
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21 States, D.C. Ask Court to Reverse TRIO Grant Rejections
Democratic attorneys general from 21 states and Washington, D.C., filed briefs this week asking a court to reverse the Trump administration’s rejection of grants supporting TRIO programs, which help d...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Faculty union rep: “You can’t discriminate against someone based on foreign birth. My big question coming away from this is: Where’s the authority?”

Florida public universities have employed nearly 3,000 people via the H-1B program since 2022.
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM