Editor's Note: 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 to higher education. This tracker will be updated periodically.
Trump Administration Education Department: Case Resolution Agreements
(as of December 03, 2025)
Date Signed: June 30, 2025
Fine: No fine
Commitments: End Sex Discrimination (so-called “transgenderism”), especially for athletics.
Compliance: University Documentation.
Term: No term limitation.
Date Signed: July 23, 2025
Fine: $200 million fine; a further $21 million to a claims fund for victims of anti-Jewish conduct at Columbia.
Commitments: End Anti-Semitism by reform of academic programs and university regulations; Prohibit Race and Sex Discrimination in programs, admissions, and hiring; End Sex Discrimination (so-called “transgenderism”), especially for housing and athletics; Reform International Student Policies; Comply with Foreign Gift and Contract Reporting Obligations; Enforce Campus Law and Order; Prohibit Harassment;
Compliance: Independent Monitor; University Documentation.
Term: 3 years.
Date Signed: July 30, 2025
Fine: $50 million “to state workforce development organizations operating in compliance with anti-discrimination laws, over the ten years following the Effective Date.”
Commitments: End Sex Discrimination (so-called “transgenderism”), especially for housing and athletics; End Medical Mutilation of Minors (so-called “gender reassignment surgery”, chemical/hormonal treatments to make the minor resemble the opposite sex); End Anti-Semitism by reform of academic programs and university regulations; Prohibit Race and Sex Discrimination in programs and admissions.
Compliance: University Documentation.
Term: 3 years.
Date Signed: October 22, 2025
Fine: No fine.
Commitments: Prohibit Race and Sex Discrimination.
Compliance: University Documentation; University President Certification, under penalty of perjury.
Term: To December 31, 2028.
Date Signed: November 7, 2025
Fine: $30 million fine; a further $30 million “payable in equal installments, over the three years following the Effective Date, in research programs that will directly benefit U.S. farmers.”
Commitments: Prohibit Race and Sex Discrimination; Campus Surveys to Evaluate Campus Anti-Semitism; Comply with Foreign Gift and Contract Reporting Obligations;
Compliance: University Documentation; University President Certification, under penalty of perjury.
Term: To December 31, 2028.
Date Signed: November 28, 2025
Fine: $75 million fine
Commitments: End Anti-Semitism by reform of university regulations; Terminate “Deering Meadow Agreement”; Prohibit Harassment; Enforce Campus Law and Order; Prohibit Race and Sex Discrimination in programs, financial awards, admissions, and hiring; End Sex Discrimination (so-called “transgenderism”), especially for housing and athletics; End Medical Mutilation of Minors (so-called “gender reassignment surgery”, chemical/hormonal treatments to make the minor resemble the opposite sex); Reform International Student Policies; Reform Foreign Partnerships.
Compliance: University Documentation; University President Certification, under penalty of perjury.
Term: 3 years.
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