Follow COGR on LinkedIn10/29/25Axios
Democrats embrace votes to make government shutdown hurt less
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has seized on the plan that Republicans floated – and then discarded – to soften the government shutdown's sting for some federal workers and aid beneficiaries.
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10/29/25STAT
Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next
While wording changes may seem trivial amid the Trump administration’s broad upheaval of federally funded research , such compromises can alter the course of projects and the questions scientists address. They can also be demoralizing.
10/29/25Inside Higher Ed
Northwestern, Cornell Still Working to Unfreeze Federal Funds
The Trump administration has used funding freezes as leverage in negotiations with universities as officials seek sweeping changes to campus policies and practices.
10/29/25Inside Higher Ed
Higher Ed Institutions Raise Concerns About H-1B Visa Fee
A number of higher education institutions and the associations that represent them are asking to be exempted from the new $100,000 H-1B visa application fee, saying the prohibitive cost could be detrimental to the recruitment and retention of international faculty, researchers and staff members.
10/29/25Nature
From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03470-1
10/28/25Wall Street Journal, Opinion
The Trump Education Compact: Threat or Salvation?
In this Future View, students discuss President Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.