Ep. 157: Is the Alliance Between the Federal Government and Higher Ed Forever Broken?

The Key with Inside Higher Ed · May 22, 2025 · 56m

Since the beginning of the second Trump administration, the American Council on Education has been early out of the gate in responding to the federal government’s onslaught of funding freezes, executive orders and threats to institutions. In February, ACE along with the Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and other institutions sued the government over its decision to cap indirect costs at 15 percent for National Institutes of Health grant recipients, which resulted in a permanent nationwide injunction on the plans in April. Ted…