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10/8/25: With Compact, Universities Weigh Whether to Give Up Freedoms for Unknown Payout (Inside Higher Ed) Higher ed organizations have raised alarm over a federal government document that asks universities to agree to significant restrictions without specifying what they’ll gain—or what they’ll lose for refusing. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2025/10/08/how-trumps-compact-threatens-higher-ed-funding#
See also: How Colleges Stack Up Against Trump’s Sweeping ‘Compact’ Demands (WSJ) https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/inside-trump-college-compact-fe0a99a5?mod=education_news_article_pos1
10/8/25: Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools (New York Times ) Higher education leaders and public-school superintendents say the steep fee will hurt schools that depend on foreign workers to fill critical teaching roles. Some university and college presidents said it would impede their ability to hire faculty members through the visa program, which allows educated foreign citizens to work in “specialty occupations.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-h-1b-visa-fee-universities.html
See also: These 25 Universities Will Take A Big Hit From Trump’s H-1B Visa Attack (Forbes) https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetnovack/2025/10/07/these-25-universities-will-take-a-big-hit-from-trumps-h-1b-visa-attack/
10/8/25: Pressure points: 5 ways the shutdown could end (The Hill) Congress on Wednesday enters the eighth day of the federal shutdown with neither party giving an inch and the path to a resolution nowhere in sight. But something will have to give if lawmakers hope to reopen the government in any timely fashion, and that movement will likely be the result of external forces exerting pressure on one party — or both of them — to break the deadlock. https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5543926-pressure-points-shutdown-end/
10/8/25: Can Trump End This Impossibly Cruel Practice? (New York Times, Opinion) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/opinion/lab-animals-testing-nih-trump.html
10/7/25: Massachusetts Effort to Offset Trump’s Research Cuts Stalls (1) (Bloomberg Law) Business leaders, investors and academics have cheered Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s efforts to counter the Trump administration’s research funding cuts with state money — so much so that a recent meeting on the initiative required overflow seating. But the state legislature, whose support is key to making the idea a reality, has yet to hold a hearing on the proposal and has signaled concern about earmarking funds for research from the already-strained budget. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-life-sciences/massachusetts-effort-to-offset-trumps-research-cuts-stalls?context=search&index=16
10/3/25: As America fumbles, China races ahead (Washington Post, Opinion) For about a decade, the United States has been comforted by the notion that China had lost its way. After 35 years of astonishing growth , Beijing stumbled internally and abroad. Its leaders cracked down on some of the country’s most innovative sectors, from technology to education , driving entrepreneurs into exile or silence. Its “wolf warrior” diplomacy alienated its neighbors from India to Australia to Vietnam . That era is over. China’s leaders have corrected their course. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/03/xi-jinping-trump-tech-race/
