

Texas A&M faculty senate members hear how university officials are dealing with President Trump’s actions affecting higher education.
Both the university’s chief academic officer, provost Alan Sams, and the university’s federal relations director, Michael Hardy, said they are not expecting any reversal of decisions made by officials in the Trump administration.
That includes reducing a reimbursement rate from National Institute of Health grants from 52.5 to 15 percent, something that is the subject of a lawsuit filed by attorney generals in 22 states. Texas is not part of that lawsuit.
University officials are also gathering information about the Trump administration’s decision to shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), actions involving Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and an executive order involving DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion).
Sams, Hardy, and faculty senate speaker Angie Hill Price all asked faculty members to share information they receive with the university community as a whole.
Click below to hear comments from the February 10, 2025 Texas A&M faculty senate meeting: