The Trump Administration, which is trying to pause federal financial support, is concerned about a wide range of confusions and concerns, from Tuesday's childhood programs to university research efforts.
At least one university leader has urged professors to pause their research projects. The head -in cash flow, a early childhood education program that provides 800,000 children, was cut off in several places before the federal government revealed that this program was not included in the order. Ta.
And there was a wide range of uncertainty about whether other programs would face or dismantle.
This order will suspend funds at least until mid -February, but the government will end the “DEI, Woke Gender IDEOLOGY, Green New Deal”, whether the program will match President Trump's priority. I will investigate. By the Tuesday afternoon, Washington DC Judge was blocking it in accordance with the lawsuit.
However, educators and students in the federal program were in a hurry to understand how the command would affect them, so the day was developed in a kind of whiplash. The Trump administration has revived the early fears of being exempted and reduced funds for children, such as Pell's subsidies and funding to children with low -income schools and children with disabilities. I revealed that I would like to do that.
Trying to access the federal online payment portal on Tuesday, some headstart providers were blocked, causing panic for program directors who were worried that they would not be able to create their next salary. For uncertainty, some people have moved to dismiss the staff before the administration was issued.
Catherine Becker, a professional boost at the University of Chicago, does not commit additional expenditures to university researchers, purchasing new supplies and equipment, starting new experiments, and starting a funded travel. I asked not to do so.
“This is not a request for me to get a light -out,” she said in e -mail obtained by the New York Times. “Research companies are at the heart of our universities and are very important for our teachers, researchers, staff, and students.”
She said she was e -mail and had a hard time understanding the complete effect of the command, and she wanted to have more information. “But for now, while this memorandum is effective, we must proceed under the assumption that the subsidy spending that has been generated today will not be covered by financing of the federal government,” she wrote. Masu.
Former Prime Minister Daniel W. Jones, the former Prime Minister of Mississippi University, led the medical school, but the university must decide whether to tap his money to maintain the project if the suspension is resumed. He said that it would not be broken. He said that the wealthy flagship agency would have funds to continue research, but he had to worry about legal risks against the command.
However, more financially unstable institutions may find dangerous research.
The Public University Association has issued a statement that calls for a suspension of “excessively widespread” and “unnecessary damage.”
“The Trump administration wants to review the program to ensure consistency with the priority, but it is essential that reviews do not hinder the United States innovation and competitiveness,” Mark, the president of the association. Becker says. He asked the Trump administration to withdraw the command.
The association stated that the order could confuse researchers who are working on projects from cancer treatment to the support of American farmers.
In an interview, Ted Mitchell, chairman of the university leading American Education Council, referred to the fiscal assistance of low -income students, “to confirm that per grants will continue to flow.” He said he was. “We don't intend to exclude students from the campus,” he said. “That's not what we are.”
However, in the latter half of the day, Maddy Biderman, a spokeswoman of the Ministry of Education, said that Pel Grant would not be pause. The Ministry of Education is applied only to discretionary subsidies and does not apply to the Formula subsidies such as the title 1 that provides support to the disability education method that supports poor schools and children with disabilities. Was revealed.
Approximately 3,000 people joined the Webinar, which was urgently called by the American Education Council on Tuesday afternoon, and tried to decipher the order.
In a statement, the school supervision association AASA states that the fate of other federal funding, which is used to pay school lunches, native American students, and pay specific educational programs, is uncertain. Ta.
“Yesterday's announcement contains a lot of information that has a lot of details,” AASA said. “Considering the very unique approach of the proposal, if there is information released by the president, it is not certain what it means.”
Other educational officials said they were trying to avoid overreacting. A leader in a public school in Clark -gun, Nevada, including Las Vegas, wrote to an employee, “I do not expect immediate interruption of the district program and student services.”
Most researchers say, “I'm going to take a deep breath,” said Karl Cholz, the President of the University of Oregon. Jim Henderson, President of Louisiana Institute of Technology, not believes that school officials have been cleaning the orders issued on Monday night to block their support for existing projects.
“This communication did not exist much in Freakout mode,” he said. “It doesn't seem like we are targeting what we pursue at this university.”
However, Dr. Henderson stated that if future orders threatened their work at Louisiana Institute of Technology, school officials would appeal to the state parliamentary team for help.
Some researchers stood around that the command seemed to be interested in “waking up” education. The university did not know how far the order had reached.
“There are certain concerns and fears, but we are still trying to wrap up our skills within the range of impact,” said Charles L. Welch said. Black institution.
Bruce Fuller, an educational researcher at the University of California Berkeley, predicted that the suspension could backfire.
“Research on priority to the top management, such as parent's vouchers and charter schools, will be canceled if the department claims to censors the scientific survey results,” he said.
Dr. Fuller is conducting research to determine how the pandemic recovery funds affected California students. Tuesday, the Ministry of Education told researchers that the project should not post new materials on the web or social media without Biderman's written approval.
At least one university researcher stated that her project was already closed under another order published last week. Meredith Dank, a professor of NYU MARRON URBAN Management Institute, has subsidized five projects from the US State Department to fight trafficking on five projects: Thailand, India, Tanzania, Kenia, and Costa Rica.
On Friday evening, she received an email from the State Department that all foreign assistance had been pause for 90 days. As a result, all of these subsidies were on hold.
Later, on Saturday evening, she heard that the Thai subsidy was over.
She said the grant was one of the only focusing on the LGBTQ individuals who were in danger or being sold in the sexual person. ” In the case of $ 4 million, Dr. Dunk said that the five -year program was “sad.” The related local staff said, “I can't believe it is true.”
