Josie Reich

Yale’s president and provost messaged the community before the order was blocked, urging patience and restraint as uncertainty gripped the University.

Yale President Maurie McInnis said that Trump’s executive orders targeting higher education attempt to change policies that actually fall under the purview of Congress.

The University will draft a constrained budget for the 2026 fiscal year in anticipation of federal policies reducing revenue.

Amid deep cuts to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and Trump’s efforts to dismantle the department wholesale, the office opened a new investigation into antisemitism at Yale.

Administrators asked department leaders to list detailed information about diversity programs through a survey last week, raising alarm among faculty.

University President Maurie McInnis said that Yale is focusing on understanding and following the law amid the Trump administration’s attempts to deport international students and scholars on campuses across the country.

University President Maurie McInnis said her response would be guided by Yale’s mission and values, including a commitment to academic freedom.

University President Maurie McInnis said that this “complicated” moment in higher education means she no longer feels able to give a “vision speech” at her inauguration.

The pomp and circumstance of University President Maurie McInnis’ traditional Yale inauguration unfolded self-consciously on a backdrop of rising hostility toward universities in national politics.

The group of ten Yale professors will invite perspectives within and external to Yale on why Americans distrust universities and what could boost public opinion.