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December 4, 2025

Trump Administration Education Department Case Resolution Tracker

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars is keeping track of the Trump administration Education Department's Case Resolutions that restore nondiscrimination, law and order, and national interest......

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December 2, 2025

The Art of Case Resolution Agreements

Kali Jerrard

Case resolution agreements are the administration’s current tool of choice in reforming higher ed, but what are their long-term implications?

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November 25, 2025

The Department of Education Breaks Up with Big Bureaucracy

Kali Jerrard

The latest announcement from the ED signals the shift to give education back to the states.

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October 7, 2025

Remembering and New Proposals for Reform

Chance Layton

We reflect on October 7, 2023, and the many changes that have occurred since. We also discuss the Trump administration’s new “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education.”

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August 21, 2025

Trump Administration Education Executive Order Tracker

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars is keeping track of the Trump administration's Executive Orders that pertain to education and virtuous citizenship. This tracker will be updated periodically.

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July 15, 2025

Kangaroo Courts Ahead? Probably.

Kali Jerrard

Colleges and universities take a new approach to Title VI complaints, expanding administrative bloat.

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June 26, 2025

Education Secretary Linda McMahon Keeps Her Cool

Teresa R. Manning

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon calmly fielded partisan jabs while sounding the alarm on campus bloat, antisemitism, and ideological intolerance infecting American higher education.

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April 22, 2025

Reform. Like It or Not.

Kali Jerrard

Sweeping reform measures are under way for higher education, will they last?

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March 31, 2025

NAS Urges Trump Administration to Preserve the Institute of Education Sciences

National Association of Scholars

Whatever the ultimate disposition of the Education Department, we believe that much of IES ought to be preserved in some administrative home.

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March 4, 2025

A New Sheriff in Town: On Rolling Back Racial-Preferences in Higher Ed

Kali Jerrard

The Trump administration and Department of Education clarify anti-DEI directives for academia.

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