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Alyssa Nadwerny

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Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

Good morning.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

Good morning.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

Good morning.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

Well, let me tell you about two of the higher education orders. So the first deals with college accreditation and directs the Secretary of Education to, quote, overhaul the system. Now, accreditation is the process colleges are required to go through to receive federal financial aid. It's aimed at ensuring that a program meets an acceptable level of quality.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

Well, let me tell you about two of the higher education orders. So the first deals with college accreditation and directs the Secretary of Education to, quote, overhaul the system. Now, accreditation is the process colleges are required to go through to receive federal financial aid. It's aimed at ensuring that a program meets an acceptable level of quality.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

Well, let me tell you about two of the higher education orders. So the first deals with college accreditation and directs the Secretary of Education to, quote, overhaul the system. Now, accreditation is the process colleges are required to go through to receive federal financial aid. It's aimed at ensuring that a program meets an acceptable level of quality.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

And Trump has referred to accreditation on the campaign trail as his, quote, secret weapon in his effort to combat what he considers ideological bias in higher education. Here's White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

And Trump has referred to accreditation on the campaign trail as his, quote, secret weapon in his effort to combat what he considers ideological bias in higher education. Here's White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

And Trump has referred to accreditation on the campaign trail as his, quote, secret weapon in his effort to combat what he considers ideological bias in higher education. Here's White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

Well, it relates to colleges disclosing foreign gifts. So it essentially says that federal grants for universities could be revoked if schools do not complete full and timely disclosure of foreign funding. Now, federal law already requires schools to disclose gifts or contracts worth a quarter of a million dollars or more from foreign entities.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

Well, it relates to colleges disclosing foreign gifts. So it essentially says that federal grants for universities could be revoked if schools do not complete full and timely disclosure of foreign funding. Now, federal law already requires schools to disclose gifts or contracts worth a quarter of a million dollars or more from foreign entities.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

Well, it relates to colleges disclosing foreign gifts. So it essentially says that federal grants for universities could be revoked if schools do not complete full and timely disclosure of foreign funding. Now, federal law already requires schools to disclose gifts or contracts worth a quarter of a million dollars or more from foreign entities.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

The new order doesn't provide specific thresholds or new rules, but it instead asserts that universities provide, quote, the American people with greater access to general information about foreign funding.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

The new order doesn't provide specific thresholds or new rules, but it instead asserts that universities provide, quote, the American people with greater access to general information about foreign funding.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

The new order doesn't provide specific thresholds or new rules, but it instead asserts that universities provide, quote, the American people with greater access to general information about foreign funding.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

Yeah, so in a briefing announcing the order, Scharf actually called out Harvard specifically.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

Yeah, so in a briefing announcing the order, Scharf actually called out Harvard specifically.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

Yeah, so in a briefing announcing the order, Scharf actually called out Harvard specifically.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

So Harvard didn't return a request for comment, but the order essentially gives the administration the ability to cut off federal funds from schools that don't disclose the money they receive from foreign entities. So you take these two together, and the administration is trying to create ways to hold colleges accountable for ideological overreach and to increase intellectual diversity on campus.

Up First from NPR
Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders

So Harvard didn't return a request for comment, but the order essentially gives the administration the ability to cut off federal funds from schools that don't disclose the money they receive from foreign entities. So you take these two together, and the administration is trying to create ways to hold colleges accountable for ideological overreach and to increase intellectual diversity on campus.

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