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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

In addition, RSIs receive fewer donations and competitive federal grants because reviewers from federal agencies don’t understand them. The federal government alone uses dozens of definitions. That’s problematic because college land grants get so big that they make their communities less rural.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That’s in stark contrast to today’s rules, where “there are no jobs that are open to undocumented students,” he says, including academic jobs that “are very important to undergraduate students, such as being medical residents or teaching assistants. Then came 2012 and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.

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Budget Freezes Are Coming for Higher Education

Robert Kelchen

While it does not appear that student financial aid will be affected in the short term, all federal grants and contracts are certainly up in the air even though some of them enjoy legal protections. But talking about what would be lost, such as medical and agricultural research, can be a lot more effective.

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Donald Trump's 9-Year War Against US Education

Higher Education Inquirer

This move came as part of a larger effort to reduce the role of the federal government in everyday life, echoing Trumps long-standing rhetoric of decentralization and states rights. In 2025, following his return to office, Trump signed an executive order that effectively began the process of dismantling the U.S.