West Point leaders complied with President Trump’s D.E.I. ban by ending a dozen student clubs. Critics say the move contradicts decades of efforts to diversify the nation’s fighting force.
An NIH announcement Friday cutting billions in biomedical research, a federal funding review and DEI prohibitions have left colleges scrambling for answers.
As the Trump administration and Elon Musk seek to cut agencies such as USAID, college students worry the field they long dreamed of joining could dry up.
Federal officials said the change would save up to $4 billion. College leaders argue the cut will slow advances for millions of patients in need of critical breakthroughs. The National Institutes of Health’s plan to cut funding for colleges’ “indirect costs” of conducting medical research, which includes hazardous waste disposal, utilities and patient safety, could cost institutions billions.