10/10/25: Government shutdown will extend into next week as Senate adjourns without breaking stalemate (CBS News) The Senate will not hold any further votes on the dueling Democratic and Republican funding bills this week. The continued impasse in the Senate extends the shutdown until at least next week, when the upper chamber is expected to return on Tuesday at 3 p.m. …The lower chamber has not been in session since Sept. 19, when it passed the Republican funding measure. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, has continued to extend their break, arguing that the lower chamber’s work is done and the House will return once the bill has cleared the Senate. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-2025-latest-senate-votes-trump/
10/10/25: Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It. (New York Times, Opinion) As someone who played a part in the compact’s initial formulation, working alongside an administration working group, I would like to offer what insight I can into the motivation and need for the compact and to address its detractors. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/opinion/trump-compact-universities-rowan.html
See also: Trump’s higher ed compact draws condemnation from faculty and college unions (Higher Ed Dive) https://www.highereddive.com/news/trumps-higher-ed-compact-draws-condemnation-from-faculty-and-college-union/802425/
10/10/25: Higher Ed Will Likely Be a Key Topic for SCOTUS. Which Cases Will Make the Cut? (Inside Higher Ed) Transgender rights—and their impact on college athletics—are expected to be a primary focus on the main docket, but higher ed experts are also paying close attention to the less predictable shadow docket. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/supreme-court/2025/10/10/which-higher-ed-cases-will-scotus-take
10/10/25: ‘New Collaborations Needed’ as U.S. Cuts Global Health Funding (Inside Higher Ed) Curtailing competition, reducing waste and drawing more on industry and philanthropic sources seen as ways to fill gaps left by NIH’s retreat. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2025/10/10/new-collaborations-needed-us-cuts-global-health
10/9/25: A Crushing Year for Science in America (NY Times) By most metrics, 2025 has been the worst year for the American scientific enterprise in modern history….To thousands of researchers — veteran scientists and new grad students at state universities and Ivy League institutions alike — these sweeping reductions translate as direct personal losses. Each may mean a layoff, a shuttered lab, a yearslong experiment or field study abruptly ended, graduate students turned away; lost knowledge, lost progress, lost investment, lost stability; dreams deferred or foreclosed. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/climate/lost-science-newsletter.html
10/9/25: The White House Sent Its Compact to 9 Universities. Here’s What Their Administrators and Faculty Are Saying. (The Chronicle) The letter set an October 20 deadline for “limited, targeted feedback” on the compact, leaving university leaders scrambling to evaluate its terms. The Chronicle is documenting official university responses to the document, along with faculty statements, as they are made public. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-white-house-sent-its-compact-to-9-universities-heres-what-their-administrators-and-faculty-are-saying
See also: Virginia lawmakers threaten state funding consequences if UVA signs Trump compact (Higher Ed Dive) https://www.highereddive.com/news/virginia-lawmakers-threaten-state-funding-consequences-if-uva-signs-trump-c/802499/
10/8/25: Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear. (NY Times) By most metrics, 2025 has been the worst year for the American scientific enterprise in modern history…To thousands of researchers — veteran scientists and new grad students, at state universities and Ivy League institutions alike — these sweeping reductions translate as direct personal losses: a layoff, a shuttered lab, a yearslong experiment or field study abruptly ended, graduate students turned away; lost knowledge, lost progress, lost investment, lost stability; dreams deferred or foreclosed. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/climate/trump-climate-science-funding.html
10/9/25: Harvard Seeks Assurances as Talks Restart in Washington (New York Times) As talks between Harvard University and the Trump administration resume on Thursday in Washington over the president’s far-reaching effort to bring the nation’s oldest university to heel, the school’s new negotiator, the billionaire Stephen A. Schwarzman, must navigate a fresh challenge over the government’s multiplying demands on higher education . https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/politics/harvard-trump-research-money.html
10/8/25: Bayh-Dole Coalition Shares Member Survey Responses on Secretary Lutnick’s Royalty-Sharing Proposal (Press Release) https://bayhdolecoalition.org/bayh-dole-coalition-shares-member-survey-responses-on-secretary-lutnicks-royalty-sharing-proposal/
See also: Webinar: Does the Government Receive an ROI for Academic Inventions? (Bayh Dole Coalition, Recording): https://bayhdolecoalition.org/does-the-government-receive-an-roi-for-academic-inventions/
10/5/25: Animal welfare is now part of RFK Jr.’s MAHA agenda (Politico) The health secretary has asked his agencies to refine high-tech methods of testing chemicals and drugs that don’t involve killing animals. He thinks phasing out animal testing and using the new methods will help figure out what’s causing chronic disease. It’s also got an ancillary benefit for Republicans: Animal-rights advocates like what they’re hearing. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/05/rfk-animals-testing-welfare-right-loomer-00591725
