Jeffrey Mervis

Assessment and evaluation capabilities vanish at Institute of Education Sciences

An attorney explains where the government erred—and how it could still shrink payments to universities

Republicans seek yearlong spending bill with provisions Democrats oppose

Surveys find attendees of Washington, D.C., protest are discouraged and angry after the Trump administration’s firings and spending cuts

Injunction allows universities to keep receiving billions to recover costs of supporting federal research on campus

Reinstatements follow scientist’s testimony on how Office of Personnel Management overrode science agency’s decision to retain probationary workers

Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science

Temporary order blocking the change extended until a decision is handed down

2023 law bars students from China and six other countries from graduate assistant and postdoc positions at state universities

Here’s the story behind the billions in payments to institutions with research grants that NIH wants to cut