Trump officials went after dozens of colleges. Now they're rewriting the rules for all of academia

The Trump administration shifted from targeting individual colleges with investigations and funding cuts to proposing broad federal rules affecting all higher education. New regulations from the Education Department, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and General Services Administration (GSA) aim to influence funding, grant allocations, and institutional policies, including diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Federal judges previously blocked funding cuts at Harvard and UCLA, but the administration continues its efforts to reshape academic policies.