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Newsom vows to pull state funding from California colleges that sign Trump’s compact

Higher Ed Dive

Ben Unglesbee
October 3, 2025
A proposed agreement sent to nine institutions would give them priority for federal research funding in exchange for sweeping policy changes.
Dive Brief:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday threatened to pull state funding from colleges that signed a proposed compact from the Trump administration seeking to impose sweeping policy changes in return for priority in research funding.
“If any California university signs this radical agreement, they’ll lose billions in state funding,” Newsom said in a statement. “California will not bankroll schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender academic freedom.”
First reported by the Wall Street Journal, federal officials offered the compact to the University of Southern California and eight other high-profile research universities this week.

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California State University faces systemwide EEOC probe over antisemitism concerns

Higher Ed Dive

Natalie Schwartz
September 30, 2025
The federal agency has begun contacting faculty and staff members to “review allegations of antisemitism,” Chancellor Mildred García told the system.
Dive Brief:
The California State University is facing a probe from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over antisemitism-related allegations, according to a Friday email from Chancellor Mildred García to the system’s 23 campuses.
The EEOC has begun directly contacting faculty and staff members across the system “to review allegations of antisemitism and to speak with them about their experiences on campus,” García said in the email.
This isn’t the first time the Trump administration has opened a probe into an entire university system. The U.S. Department of Justice is also investigating the University of California system over a plan that focuses in part on hiring diverse faculty members, alleging it may have violated federal antidiscrimination law.

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Trump can slash Education Department’s civil rights staff, court rules

Reuters

Nate Raymond
September 29, 2025
Summary
1st Circuit allows Trump administration to reduce Education Department’s civil rights staff
Administration cited recent U.S. Supreme Court order in related litigation
Judge Myong Joun called Supreme Court’s order ‘unreasoned’
Sept 29 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday allowed the U.S. Department of Education to proceed with plans to lay off civil rights staff as it paused an injunction that the Trump administration said should have been removed after a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
A three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold, opens new tab an injunction that President Donald Trump’s administration opposed. The injunction by U.S. District Judge Myong Joun ordered the Education Department to reinstate staff in its Office for Civil Rights.

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Occupations That Customarily and Regularly Received Tips; Definition of Qualified Tips

Federal Register 

September 22, 2025
AGENCY:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION:
Notice of proposed rulemaking and public hearing.
SUMMARY:
This document contains proposed regulations that identify occupations that customarily and regularly received tips on or before December 31, 2024, and provide a definition of “qualified tips” for purposes of the income tax deduction for qualified tips. These proposed regulations affect individuals who receive tips as part of their occupation.
DATES:
Written or electronic comments must be received by October 22, 2025. The public hearing is being held on October 23, 2025, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). Requests to speak and outlines of topics to be discussed at the public hearing must be received by October 22, 2025. If no outlines are received by October 22, 2025, the public hearing will be cancelled. Requests to attend the public hearing must be received by 5 p.m. ET on October 21, 2023.

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