#federal-research-grants

#federal-research-grants

The Trump administration's settlement proposal to UCLA - which includes a nearly $1.2-billion fine over allegations of antisemitism and civil rights violations - seeks to drastically overhaul campus practices on hiring, admissions, sports, scholarships, discrimination and gender identity, a Times review of the document shows. The 28-page letter - whose full contents have not been made public - also lays out in sweeping detail how it wants the university to enforce new policies that adhere to the president's conservative agenda.

"We want to make sure that we're able to give each of you all of the attention and support that you need to get through comfortably [and] well supported," Janet Blume, interim dean of the graduate school, said at a Graduate Student Council meeting Wednesday. She said the university will honor the financial commitments of M.F.A. and Ph.D. students who lost their grants.

In a letter to chancellors, UC President Michael Drake stated that "boycotts of companies based on their association with a particular country" violated university policy.