A congressional investigation finds the Pentagon has funded research involving collaboration with Chinese entities linked to China's defense sector. Many of these entities are blacklisted by the U.S. government. The report by House Republicans on the Select Committee on China warns that U.S. technological know-how is being diverted to modernize China's military. Friday's report highlights concerns about the Defense Department's research policies, which it says have allowed foreign adversaries to exploit American research. Committee Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar has proposed a bill to prohibit defense funding for projects involving problematic Chinese entities. Beijing has said that science and tech cooperation is mutually beneficial and helps the two sides cope with global challenges.

Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will resign, ending a three-year tenure marked by the freeze of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding by the Trump administration and heated criticism from House Republicans over the university’s response to campus protests. In his statement announcing his resignation, Schill acknowledged these challenges directly. “It is critical that we continue to protect the University’s research mission and excellence while preserving academic freedom, integrity, and independence,” he said.

Administrators at the University of Colorado's campus in Colorado Springs believed they could avoid the Trump administration's focus on higher education. The school is in a conservative area of the state and seemed politically neutral. But school officials soon faced challenges as President Donald Trump's policies affected regional institutions like theirs. Within weeks, the college lost federal grants and faced investigations. School officials scrambled to adapt, renaming websites and job titles to avoid attention. The school still lost three major federal grants and found itself under investigation by the Trump’s Education Department

Trump administration says grants for Hispanic-serving colleges are unconstitutional and it won't defend them in court.

A federal judge has struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities. In her ruling on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Maryland stated that the Education Department violated the law when it threatened to cut federal funding from educational institutions that continued with DEI initiatives. The judge’s ruling followed a motion for summary judgment from the American Federation of Teachers and the American Sociological Association, which challenged the government’s actions in a February lawsuit.

An Oregon university says Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny Knight have pledged a record $2 billion to its cancer center. Oregon Health & Science University described the donation Thursday as the “largest single donation ever made to a U.S. university, college or academic health center.” It surpasses the $1.8 billion given by Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins in 2018, described by that university at the time as the largest single donation to a U.S. university. Universities across the country are struggling with moves from President Donald Trump’s administration to cancel or freeze research grants at universities.

Harvard University and the Trump administration are getting close to an agreement that would require the Ivy League university to pay $500 million to regain access to federal funding and to end investigations, according to a person familiar with the matter. The framework for a settlement is still being sorted out with significant gaps to close, but both sides have agreed on the financial figure and an agreement could be ready in coming weeks, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Harvard declined to comment.