White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
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apnews.com/article/trum... officials went after dozens of colleges. Now they're rewriting the rules for all of academia
“The sector is getting its feet under it, and it’s only getting stronger,” AAUP’s Wolfson said. “I can promise you that we will fight them tooth and nail.”
Trump’s Assaults on Scientific Research Just Got Worse www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...
Gift article, with link to comment portal.
“Inboden’s ideal school will strictly promote the line that the West is the best, idealism trumps materialism, and diversity is divisive. Both sides of ‘debates’ will flatter power and prestige…”
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NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️
Valerie Martinez-Ebers, alumna of the university and Director of Latina/o and Mexican American Studies at UNT. “And please tell us how cutting the Latino and Mexican-American studies program, or any of these identity programs, how much money did you save and where did you put it?” 🔥😡
A state takeover would hand Austin ISD to unelected officials, putting our children, teachers, and neighborhood schools at risk.
"Faculty are completely in the dark on the process, and to the extent we’ve heard anything it has been through the rumor mill...That’s a concern because faculty are no longer in control of the core curriculum at a research university."--D Morales, UH AAUP
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Excellent study ⬇️
President Donald Trump's administration put dozens of college campuses under investigation last year and cut federal funding unless they came in line with his Republican agenda.
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These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
In August of last year, William Inboden began serving as the new executive vice president and provost of the University of Texas at Austin (hereafter UT Austin). In addition to obviously being one pos...
