Today's Clips (6/12/25)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Increasing universities’ endowment tax would be much bigger blow to Kansas’ McPherson College than to Harvard or Columbia.

IN OTHER NEWS

If President Trump makes good on all his threats, Harvard may lose much of its influence and prestige. It could also become even harder to afford.

A group behind the Supreme Court case that ended affirmative action is now targeting a federal support for schools that enroll large numbers of Hispanic students.

The president’s assault on academic research won’t affect just blue-state elites.

Edward Blum, whose case against Harvard won at the Supreme Court, argues that funding for “Hispanic-Serving Institutions” is racist and unconstitutional.

The school owns a ‘nondenominational’ church, which bashes Israel from its pulpit.

The US Treasury Department is considering changing rules to revoke tax-exempt status for colleges that consider race in student admissions, scholarships and other areas — potentially threatening the financial stability of hundreds of institutions.

The appeal will not impact revenue sharing — slated to start July 1 — but will pause the back-pay damages portion of the settlement.

TRADES

Senate Republicans did not cut Pell Grants and replaced a controversial risk-sharing plan proposed by the House. Higher ed advocates are relieved but wary. Both chambers of Congress have now outlined their higher education budget proposals, giving colleges a clearer sense of the scope and impact of what would be a sweeping federal student aid overhaul.

These liberal-arts institutions rely on their endowments to fund much of their operations and financial aid.

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