Liam Knox
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education reporter @business. send tips to [email protected] or via signal at liamknox.13
Washington, DC
Joined May 2016
Ed Blum, the architect of the affirmative action ban, enthusiastically endorsed the move, and hopes it will force colleges to obey the law he helped ushered into being. @NACAC CEO Angel Perez said the order "sets colleges up to fail" if they dont admit enough white students.
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This morning @SkylarWoodhouse and I reported that Trump will sign an order requiring colleges release admissions data broken down by race. The memo extends a core demand of settlement negotiations with elite colleges to nearly every campus in the country.
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President Donald Trump will sign an executive action requiring colleges and universities receiving federal funding to offer greater admissions data transparency, as the administration ratchets up its...
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RT @SkylarWoodhouse: NEW: Trump will sign an executive action requiring colleges and universities receiving federal funding to offer greate….
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President Donald Trump will sign an executive action requiring colleges and universities receiving federal funding to offer greater admissions data transparency, as the administration ratchets up its...
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UCLA is in talks with the Trump administration to restore more than half a billion dollars in federal funding, the first public university to seek a deal. We spoke with researchers about why the freeze is an "immediate crisis" for the California flagship:.
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The move came after the US Justice Department had given the school a Tuesday deadline to enter into a resolution agreement after a US investigation found UCLA violated federal civil rights laws by...
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RT @JanetLorin: Join us now for this live chat at 10:30 am with @nhageradio @liamhknox @davidvoreacos .
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Bloomberg reporters take your questions about universities’ battles with the Trump administration
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I’m on this morning’s @AppleNews Today podcast discussing the mounting financial pressures that are pushing beleaguered colleges toward deals with the Trump administration. Listen here:.
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Podcast Episode · Apple News Today · 08/06/2025 · 15m
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My colleagues and I will be answering questions about our reporting on the Trump admins rapidly evolving higher ed agenda at 10:30—tune in!.
TODAY: Many US elite universities in the Trump administration’s crosshairs face devastating funding cuts and unprecedented federal pressure to change their practices. Will they fight or settle?. Bloomberg journalists answer your questions in a Live Q&A at 10:30 a.m. EDT. Listen:
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RT @business: TODAY: Many US elite universities in the Trump administration’s crosshairs face devastating funding cuts and unprecedented fe….
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Tune in to @business' Live Q&A tomorrow at 10:30ET for a conversation about our latest reporting on the Trump administration's college crusade. Hosted by Daybreak's @nhageradio and featuring myself, @JanetLorin and @davidvoreacos .
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Bloomberg reporters take your questions about universities’ battles with the Trump administration
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NEW: As more colleges enter talks with the Trump admin, many are making sweeping budget cuts to offset federal funding freezes. They’re effectively bleeding at the negotiating table—and increasingly eager to ink accords that will stanch the flow.
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As a growing number of the wealthiest US colleges capitulate in their battles with the Trump administration, the strain from lost and frozen federal funding is putting pressure on the remaining...
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Columbia agreed last week to report arrest records for international students directly to federal officials--including for minor offenses like trespass, often associated with student protests. That poses new risks for its nearly 14,000 foreign students.
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Beyond the $221 million that Columbia University will pay as part of its settlement with the White House, the school also accepted new requirements that threaten to sour its relationship with a...
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The Trump admin says Harvard refused to comply with civil rights law a month after accusing the university of fostering campus antisemitism. Now they're asking the Justice Department to take action as the White House nears a deal with the school.
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The Trump administration said Harvard University is still refusing to obey federal civil rights law, increasing pressure over the school’s alleged failure to address antisemitic harassment on campus...
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Harvard will comply with a DHS order to turn over employment documents for thousands of staff, university officials announced in a letter late this afternoon. The documents will include information on both domestic and international employees.
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Harvard University said it would turn over employment forms for thousands of staff to comply with demands from the Department of Homeland Security.
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I went on @podcasts' Bloomberg Law to talk about my story on conservative education whisperer Chris Rufo and how his plan for a blanket contract with universities post-Columbia settlement is finding purchase in the Trump admin. Give it a listen:
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Podcast Episode · Bloomberg Law · 07/29/2025 · 37m
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With Columbia’s settlement inked and other colleges nearing a deal, an influential conservative has a plan to take Trump’s college crusade far beyond the Ivy League—and seems to have the administration’s buy-in. My latest for Bloomberg Weekend:.
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Christopher Rufo, the conservative activist who has been influential in the White House’s efforts to reshape higher education, now wants to expand the campaign well beyond the elite schools that have...
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I went on @BloombergTV to talk about the landmark Columbia University settlement, what the White House got out of the deal, and what it means for other colleges in the administration's sights.
Columbia University reached a landmark deal with the Trump administration to restore federal funding for research, easing a crisis that has rattled the school’s finances and upended its leadership
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Columbia reached a $200 million+ deal with the Trump administration to restore federal research funding, ending months of negotiations and easing a crisis that strained the school’s finances and upended its leadership.
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Columbia University reached a landmark deal with the Trump administration to restore federal funding for research, easing a crisis that has rattled the school’s finances and upended its leadership.
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The State Department is investigating Harvard's compliance with a visa program for foreign scholars, including visiting researchers and professors, in the Trump administration's latest effort to hamstring international enrollment at the university.
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The State Department has launched an investigation into Harvard University’s participation in a program for foreign researchers and visitors, escalating the Trump administration’s campaign to...
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It's my first day in the @business DC bureau, where I'm covering education and I'm so excited to get started! My new email is lknox18@bloomberg.net; reach out there or at the Signal my bio with tips and leads, or to chat about federal education policy.
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RT @Knott_Katherine: The Senate's Big, Beautiful Bill means big changes for higher education, including:.- higher endowment taxes.- expandi….
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