March 13 - USDA pauses U of Maine System funding

March 13 - USDA pauses U of Maine System funding | What’s left of OCR?

Half of OCR eliminated after Trump Education Department layoffs; ‘Reckless, foolish and vicious’: Education Department cuts slammed by critics

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USDA pauses funding to University of Maine System

The funding freeze follows a spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills over his order restricting transgender students from women’s sports.

Half of OCR eliminated after Trump Education Department layoffs

The shuttering of seven civil rights enforcement offices means thousands of cases impacting colleges in half the nation are up in the air.

‘Reckless, foolish and vicious’: Education Department cuts slammed by critics

Democratic lawmakers and higher ed groups voiced concerns that the firings would leave the agency without enough people to carry out key functions.

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