Higher Education and Research Funding

A new Inside Higher Education analysis, reported by Fox News, finds U.S. colleges and universities eliminated more than 9,000 positions through layoffs and buyouts in 2025—including 300 jobs in December—as they confront rising costs, enrollment shifts and a more hostile federal policy climate under President Donald Trump. The report links some cuts to Trump administration moves to restrict federal research funding and reduce foreign‑student enrollment, citing specific reductions at DePaul University, Boston University, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Western Wyoming Community College and other institutions, alongside demographic and demand changes described by campus officials.