Funding halted for Cornell and Northwestern

Trump Administration Freezes $1.8 Billion for Cornell and Northwestern

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and about $790 million for Northwestern University while the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at the schools, the White House said. It’s part of a broader push of using taxpayer dollars to pressure major academic institutions […]

Funding halted for Cornell and Northwestern

WASHINGTON — More than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and about $790 million for Northwestern University is frozen while the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at the schools, the White House said.

Two US universities have funding frozen over alleged civil rights violations - The Jewish Chronicle

The move comes after other institutions received similar suspensions in connection with an Education Department investigation into campus antisemitism

Department of Education investigates MSU for alleged Title VI violations

A press release issued by the Department of Education’s (DOE) Office of Civil Rights on March 14 stated that 45 universities — including MSU — are currently under investigation for potential Title VI violations.

Trump blasts huge hole in NU budget - Evanston Now

Federal research grants fund more than a fifth of Northwestern’s operating budget.

William Jacobson Weighs In on Federal Funding Freezes, Campus Protests, and Judicial Overreach

As the federal government continues to freeze billions in funding to universities under Title VI investigations, Chicago’s Morning Answer welcomed William Jacobson, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School, to help make sense of the growing tension between the Trump administration and higher education institutions. Jacobson, who also founded the influential site Legal Insurrection and leads the E…