The Department of Homeland Security issued administrative subpoenas seeking data about the university’s international students, while two federal agencies challenged Harvard’s accreditation.
A senior Homeland Security official testified in court on Wednesday that his department had relied in part on an anonymously compiled list to identify foreign academics for investigation.
President Donald Trump’s megabill raises the tax on some college endowments, which experts say could cause schools to hike tuition, cut financial aid or both.
Colleges should start communicating with students about the changes while bracing for state budget cuts, higher ed experts say. Since the passage last week of President Trump’s domestic agenda, the Department of Education now has less than a year to carry out what policy analysts are calling the most significant overhaul to federal student aid in more than a decade, raising questions about whether the agency can pull it off.