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UC Riverside Washington Report
Friday, April 4, 2025

The federal administration recently announced it plans to close the Department of Education, though the administration lacks authority to eliminate a cabinet-level agency. The Department of Education has announced layoffs and buyouts that will cut the department’s staff nearly in half.

UC updates

  *   In the April 3 weekly federal update<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/federal-updates/weekly-federal-update-brief>, the UC system shares about several new federal investigations of UC campuses, including allegations of discriminatory admissions practices. The UC maintains its longstanding adherence to Proposition 209.

  *   UC President Michael Drake identified<https://ucop.edu/communications/_files/pmvd-march-regents-opening-remarks-03-19-25-as-delivered.pdf> to the Board of Regents three primary threats to research universities including in research dollars, Medicare and Medicaid cuts, and to the university’s values. He then discussed contingency planning that “has become our daily work.”
  *   Become part<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/advocate/medical-research?p2asource=nihresearch-ucr4> of a UC-led effort to persuade Congress to oppose proposed administration cuts to NIH funding that would greatly hinder UC health research.
UCR Updates

  *   In his monthly update<https://insideucr.ucr.edu/announcements/2025/03/31/chancellors-campus-update-march-2025>, UCR Chancellor Kim Wilcox addressed planning related to federal funding uncertainty.
Resources

  *   UC federal updates microsite<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/federal-updates>
Partners

  *   The Association of American Universities, or AAU, has issued a statement<https://www.aau.edu/newsroom/press-releases/meeting-moment-facing-americas-research-universities> speaking to post-World War II American investment in research, and the present threats that investment faces “for reasons unrelated to research.”
  *   The latest installation of dotEDU Live<https://www.acenet.edu/Pages/dotedu/131-Latest-on-ED.aspx> from American Council on Education, or ACE, addresses the dismantling of the Department of Education. ACE is a 1,500-plus-member organization that includes UCR, and advocates for policy on behalf of members.
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