Brown University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to restore $50 million in research funding. This deal also settles discrimination complaints against the university. Columbia University finalized a $200 million agreement with the Trump administration after a prolonged dispute, which some academics view as the beginning of increased government scrutiny of higher education institutions. Cornell University is reportedly close to a settlement with the White House valued at up to $100 million. Meanwhile, Harvard University’s president has resisted similar negotiations, though there is growing internal pressure from staff to reach a deal. In response to these developments, Cornell renamed its Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives to the Office of Academic Discovery and Impact. Additionally, the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA faces potential closure if funding is not restored by the Trump administration or supplemented by private donors.
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On the same day news broke that Cornell is close to a deal with the Trump admin, the university renamed its Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI)…to the Office of Academic Discovery and Impact (OADI). “The office wanted to maintain the ‘signature moniker of OADI’ due https://t.co/aoPWz41pFs
Alumni, faculty and students report feeling pride in Harvard’s president for resisting Donald Trump’s extortion scheme. Yet more and more university staff are calling for a deal https://t.co/nUAF9lTTJS