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Jessica Blake
President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape higher education and the federal government have spurred a series of lawsuits as the Higher Education Association, students, legal advocacy groups and colleges all postponed and sought relief through the court.
The lawsuit began almost immediately after Trump’s first day, and seven months later advocates continued to file new complaints, challenging various decisions to execute orders, guide documents or cut grants. Internal Advanced ED Some of the key legal challenges related to advanced ED are being tracked. This includes Harvard’s efforts to restore more than $2.7 billion in frozen research funding and protect its enrollment international students and several lawsuits aimed at preventing the education sector from demolition. Of the 42 included in our searchable database, judges ruled against the government in two-thirds of the cases so far. You can find more analysis of the lawsuits filed so far here.
We will refresh the database every week, so please come back on Monday to see the updates.
New features as of September 8: In one of the more important rulings for higher education this year, a district court judge ruled that it is illegal for the government to freeze more than $2 billion in federal research funds for Harvard. The judge wrote that doing so violates the agency’s First Amendment and Procedural Rights. The government is planning to appeal, but has not done so. Legal experts expect the fight for funds to end in the Supreme Court. For more information on the ruling and what it means for higher education as a whole, check out Internal Advanced EDReport on this matter here and here.
