Trump Wants Universities to Show Him the Money, or No Deal

President Trump has personally stipulated that hefty financial penalties be part of agreements his administration is negotiating with the elite universities. Critics call it extortion.

News
Trump Administration Violated Order on U.C.L.A. Grant Terminations, Judge Says

Judge Rita F. Lin ordered the National Science Foundation to restore grants awarded to the university, which she said had been suspended in defiance of the court.

News
Harvard Nears a Deal With the Trump Administration to Restore Funding

A potential $500 million settlement would end a monthslong battle that pitted the nation’s wealthiest school against the Trump administration’s extraordinary crackdown on higher education.

News
Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding

The Trump administration has ended about $500 million for the Los Angeles-based university. The president said he wanted nearly double that to restart the flow of funds.

News
Trump Administration Cuts UCLA Funding Over Claims of Antisemitism, Chancellor Says

The university is the latest to be targeted by the federal government over accusations that it has not done enough to fight antisemitism on campus.

News
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.

News
The Real-Life Dating Boot Camp That Inspired ‘Love on the Spectrum’

When U.C.L.A. psychologists first proposed teaching adults with autism how to date, funders wouldn’t go near it. Now we are in a new world.

News
Surgeons Perform First Human Bladder Transplant

The procedure could be life-changing for some people with debilitating conditions.

News
Feeling Political Heat From Trump, Colleges Pump Up Their Lobbying

An analysis by The New York Times found that schools targeted by the Trump administration have sharply increased spending on lobbying and became far more reliant on lobbyists with Republican ties.

News
Justice Dept. Will Investigate California Universities Over Race in Admissions

California banned affirmative action decades ago. The Trump administration says it plans to investigate whether schools there are still considering race.

News