Current Davidson College sophomore Alyssa Jones learned about QuestBridge during September of her senior year through her college counselor. Looking back on the application process, she said it was challenging but “absolutely worth it.”

The university, the administration’s first big target in a campaign to root out what it called harassment on campus, could lose more than $50 million in funding.

President Trump has said he wants to do away with the department, and in her first hours as education secretary, Linda McMahon indicated she would follow his lead.

As the Trump administration trims the federal work force, students and educators at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas fear for the future of a school that was already facing troubles.

Legal experts said holding back federal financing would violate First Amendment protections.

Capping ‘indirect funds’ for researchers at 15% is a good start at curtailing the administrative bloat.

Concerns about a federal funding freeze prompted some colleges to take action, but job and program cuts last month mostly stemmed from falling enrollments and budget issues. February was a tumultuous month for higher education as President Donald Trump’s agenda began to take shape. His barrage of executive actions threatened federal funding and created uncertainty for colleges, prompting some to freeze hiring and others to pause graduate school admissions.

President Trump also said Tuesday that his administration would cut federal funding from any institution that allowed “illegal protests” to persist.