"It was never going to be a quiet summer. Between when faculty turned in their final spring grades and when students came back to campus, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law and higher ed was hit with more funding freezes, new policy demands and fresh attacks no one saw coming. In July, Columbia agreed to pay $221 million and overhaul its admissions, disciplinary processes and academic programs."
"In exchange, it will recover $400 million in lost federal funding. The university calls this a reset with the federal government. Others worry it sets a dangerous precedent: Bend to the will of the administration and you'll get your funding back. In August, UCLA became the first public institution to see grants frozen-$589 million from the National Science Foundation. The Trump administration is demanding $1 billion to release the funds."
"UC chancellor JB Milliken at first said the demand would "completely devastate" the UC system, but it has since joined other wealthy institutions in sitting down at the negotiating table with the administration, likely under heavy pressure, to restore its funding. As students file back into classrooms at Harvard, Northwestern, Cornell, Princeton and Duke, lawyers are quietly hammering out deals that could force lasting changes to hiring and disciplinary practices at their institutions."
President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law, triggering funding freezes, new policy demands and attacks on higher education. Columbia agreed to pay $221 million and overhaul admissions, disciplinary processes and academic programs to recover $400 million in federal funding. UCLA saw $589 million in NSF grants frozen while the administration demanded $1 billion to release funds, prompting negotiations. Wealthy institutions entered settlements that may impose lasting changes to hiring and discipline. State attorneys general either declined to defend federal suits or sued federal programs, and the Department of Justice often declined to contest cases. A tactic of suing and then surrendering emerged as a lever for policy change.
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