University of Minnesota approves steep tuition hike amid US funding crisis. (AI Image) The University of Minnesota (U of M) Board of Regents has approved the largest tuition increase in more than ten years, marking a significant development in the landscape of US higher education. In a 9-3 vote held on June 18, 2025, the…
Top colleges in the cross hairs of President Trump have sharply increased their spending on lobbying, according to an analysis by The New York Times. Ten universities that have been singled out by the administration for scrutiny spent a combined $2.8 million lobbying the federal government in the first three months of 2025, which is…
The University of Minnesota graduate student who was detained by immigration agents last week had not participated in campus activism or been outspoken about political issues, according to a lawsuit he filed on Sunday in federal court challenging the legality of his arrest. Instead, the issue that appears to have put the student, Dogukan Gunaydin,…
In a recent update, a University of Minnesota-Twin Cities graduate student was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The student was detained at an off-campus residence on Thursday, according to a letter sent by the university to its students, staff, and faculty. The letter stated that the university is actively working to gather more…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a graduate student attending the University of Minnesota earlier this week, the school said Friday in a statement that called the situation “deeply concerning.” The student was taken into custody on Thursday at an off-campus residence, the school’s president, Rebecca Cunningham, said in the statement. “The university had…
The University of Minnesota, which President Trump’s Justice Department is scrutinizing for its handling of antisemitism on campus, largely barred itself on Friday from issuing official statements about “matters of public concern or public interest.” The policy, in the works for months, was not a direct response to the Trump administration’s February announcement that it…
The Trump Administration’s abrupt withdrawal of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University cast a pall over at least nine other campuses worried they could be next. The schools, a mix that includes both public universities and Ivy League institutions, have been placed on an official administration list of schools the Department of Justice…