A commuter college thought it could avoid Trump’s education crackdown. Here’s what happened
August 23, 2025
Administrators at the University of Colorado’s campus in Colorado Springs believed they could avoid the Trump administration’s focus on higher education. The school is in a conservative area of the state and seemed politically neutral. But school officials soon faced challenges as President Donald Trump’s policies affected regional institutions like theirs. Within weeks, the college lost federal grants and faced investigations. School officials scrambled to adapt, renaming websites and job titles to avoid attention. The school still lost three major federal grants and found itself under investigation by the Trump’s Education Department