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Trump Administration to Require Universities to Submit Data on Applicants’ Race

The administration has become increasingly focused on admissions data in its effort to bring the higher education system in line with President Trump’s political agenda.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

The presidential action would also require Linda McMahon, the education secretary, to increase the number of accuracy checks on the data provided by the schools.
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Brown University Makes a Deal With the White House to Restore Funding

The deal, which will require Brown to spend $50 million, comes after two other Ivy League schools negotiated with the Trump administration to restore millions in research dollars.

© Brian Snyder/Reuters

The campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I.
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Brown University Makes a Deal With the White House to Restore Funding

The deal, which will require Brown to spend $50 million, comes after two other Ivy League schools negotiated with the Trump administration to restore millions in research dollars.

© Brian Snyder/Reuters

The campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I.
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University of California Settles With Jewish Students Over U.C.L.A. Protests

Jewish students and a professor said the university had allowed a hostile protest. After the settlement was announced, the Department of Justice separately said it had found the university violated civil rights laws.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

Pro-Palestinian students at U.C.L.A. also sued the university after a violent encounter at the protest encampment.
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Harvard’s Leader, Penny Pritzker, Faces Intense Scrutiny in Trump Fight

As Harvard and the government negotiate to end a conflict with billions of dollars on the line, some ask whether Penny Pritzker, the head of the school’s governing board, should step down.

© Annegret Hilse/Reuters

Penny Pritzker has led Harvard’s board during several difficult times, including campus protests and a legal battle with the Trump administration.
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