Higher Education

Higher education funding should prioritize Americans

Columbia University is becoming the poster child for systemic problems in higher education. The campus’s recent failure to protect the civil rights of Jewish students cost it $400 million in federal grants and contracts.

Implementing the College Cost Reduction Act Through Budget Reconciliation

H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act of 2024 (CCRA), was introduced last year by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and co-sponsored by over 150 Republican lawmakers. The bill aims to fundamentally reform higher education financing by reducing tuition costs, improving transparency, and holding institutions accountable for directing students toward expensive, low return-on-investment (ROI) degrees.

DOGE Takes Real Action to Curb Government Waste

President Trump Takes Real Action to Combat Racial Discrimination

An executive order signed by President Trump, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” directs federal agencies to end “all discriminatory and illegal preferences,” including by enforcing civil rights protections against “illegal private-sector DEI preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities.”

President Trump Takes Real Action to Combat Antisemitism

An executive order signed by President Trump, titled “Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats,” ensures foreign student visa holders understand that their ability to study in America is a privilege, not a right.