Universities survived Trump’s 2025 funding freeze, but the money still isn’t flowing to researchers
- Written by Brendan Cantwell, Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University
Columbia University, seen in June 2025, is one of the schools that made a deal with the Trump administration last year in order to avoid losing funding. Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesSeveral prominent universities, including Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, made headlines in 2025 in a dizzying back-and-forth with the federal...

