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Executive Order: Implementing The President’s DOGE Workforce Optimization Initiative

February 17, 2025

Executive Order of February 11, 2025: Implementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative. On February 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Workforce

Executive Order: One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations

February 15, 2025

Executive Order 14211 of February 12, 2025: One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations. Read: Executive Order on whitehouse.gov Federal Register cite: 90 FR 9831 (February 18, 2025) Fact Sheet on the executive order This executive order declares that an "exceptional workforce of patriots" is needed

Supporting Student Mental Health Abroad: A Case Study Approach

his resource provides study abroad offices and the faculty members they support with valuable insights into recognizing and addressing the diverse mental health needs of students while they are abroad.

NIH Caps Indirect Costs in NIH Grants

March 11, 2025

15% Cap on Indirect Costs in NIH Grants. In Notice Number NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates (February 7, 2025), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) imposed a 15% cap on the "indirect cost" rate for all NIH grants. This policy

Executive Order: Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship

Executive Order 14160 of January 20, 2025, Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship. Read: Executive Order 14160 on whitehouse.gov Executive Order 14160 as published in the Federal Register at 90 FR 8449 (January 29, 2025) Status: On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Executive Order: Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid

February 18, 2025

On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14169, Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid. Read: EO 14169 on whitehouse.gov EO 14169 published in the Federal Register at: 90 FR 8619 (January 30, 2025) DOS Press Statement: Implementing the President’s Executive Order on

Executive Actions Under the Trump-Vance Administration Touching on DEI and Gender

This NAFSA page collects links and information on executive and agency actions under the Trump-Vance Administration touching on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and gender. These directives represent a significant shift in federal policies related to DEI and gender issues, and roll back

Executive Order: Securing Our Borders

March 21, 2025

Executive Order 14165 of January 20, 2025: Securing Our Borders. Federal Register cite: 90 FR 8647 (January 30, 2025). Directs a comprehensive effort to secure the U.S. southern border by increasing physical barriers, deploying additional personnel, and expanding detention and removal operations. It

Laken Riley Act

The Laken Riley Act, S.5, 119th Congress (2025-2026), became Public Law No: 119-1 (January 29, 2025). It amends the following provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (links show provisions as amended by the Laken Riley Act, in the U.S. Code maintained on uscode.house.gov): INA 212(d)(5), 8

Terrorism-Related Provisions Cited in 2023 State Attorneys General Letter

A November 8, 2023 letter that a group of Attorneys General from 20 States sent to Secretary of State Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas argued that “a visa holder’s presence on American soil is a privilege that should be revoked for those who provide aid or comfort to terrorists.”