Politics

Effort involves at least eight investigations spanning at least six agencies

Supreme Court ruled in the plaintiffs’ favor doing away with affirmative action in 2023

The Trump administration’s attempt to pressure colleges could resegregate elite higher education.

Conservatives won a victory in the Supreme Court regarding race in college admissions.

The president’s order builds on the court decision and gives the federal government information.

A conservative movement has questioned subjective criteria use in admissions.

The gender-based executive orders she wrote prompted opposition from human rights advocates

Student and faculty groups have accused the administration of trampling on the First Amendment

Adam Goldstein said if you normalize the use of federal power academic freedom is just a memory and universities become political footballs

She had always planned to depart after six months

She had a direct hand in preventing Harvard from enrolling international students

She has continued to take the lead in negotiating with universities as a senior adviser

The biggest prize for Trump and May Mailman remains Harvard

The administration dialed up the pressure with a new investigation involving patents

She was recruited by Susie Wiles and Stephen Miller because of her roles in the White House during Trump's first term

Her hand in deploying levers of power was evident from the beginning of Trump's second term

She is credited as an animating force behind a strategy that has intimidated independent institutions and undercut research

Aggressive tactics could have implications for academic freedom admissions practices and global reputations

May Mailman said there are a lot of good ideas floating around but someone has to capture those ideas make sure the right people are involved and put them into action

May Mailman wrote executive orders Trump signed that redefined the government's stance on sex and dismantled policies