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Texas A&M Wrong to Fire Professor Melissa McCoul Over Gender Lesson, Panel Rules

The firing put the school at the center of national debates over gender identity and academic freedom. A faculty panel ruled unanimously against the termination.

© Timothy Hurst/College Station Eagle, via Associated Press

The professor taught a lesson that recognized more than two genders. After a student questioned her and notified officials, the professor was fired.
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Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash

The Trump administration says it needs the information to investigate antisemitism and accuses the university of flouting a subpoena.

© Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times

The Trump administration subpoena sought personal information for some Jewish employees of the Ivy League university.
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MacKenzie Scott Expands Giving Spree to Tribal Colleges

The billionaire philanthropist is steering millions of dollars toward tribal schools, after the Trump administration proposed a significant federal funding cut.

© KC McGinnis for The New York Times

Little Priest Tribal College in Winnebago, Neb., announced Thursday that Ms. Scott had given it $5 million.
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New International Student Enrollment Plummeted This Fall, Survey Finds

The overall number of international students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities, including those who enrolled in prior years or who are working after graduation, fell only slightly.

© Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

The Columbia University campus in Manhattan.
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Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding

An extraordinary rebuke to the federal government’s campaign against elite schools, the ruling could upend settlement talks with the university system.

© Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times

The University of California, Los Angeles, campus. The university system has been a leading target for much of President Trump’s second term.
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Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes

The university system will ban advocacy of “race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity” without approval.

© Go Nakamura for The New York Times

At Texas A&M University, the president recently stepped down following a controversy over a professor’s class about gender identity.
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Cornell Reaches Deal With Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds

The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.

© Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times

The campus of Cornell University. In April, the government abruptly froze hundreds of millions in federal research funding for Cornell.
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Trump Pressure Risking Free Speech at University of California, Judge Warns

A federal judge said that faculty members were being affected in their teaching and research by the Trump administration’s pressure campaign.

© Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times

The University of California system has about 560,000 students and employees and receives more than $17 billion in federal funding a year.
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