1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 The dotEDU hosts look back at a year that reshaped higher education in ways few expected back in January. Mushtaq, Sarah, and Jon talk through their top five stories of 2025, including&amp;nbsp; the push to dismantle the Department of Education, the cuts at NIH and NSF, the sweeping changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill, and Congress’s response to it all. Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:&amp;nbsp; Register&amp;nbsp;now for&amp;nbsp;ACEx,&amp;nbsp;Feb.&amp;nbsp;25-28,&amp;nbsp;2026,&amp;nbsp;in Washington, DC&amp;nbsp; Higher Education&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; The Trump Administration: Resources Trump Administration&amp;nbsp;Higher Ed Executive Order Tracker Full coverage&amp;nbsp;of the 2nd Trump administration&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;The Chronicle of Higher Education&amp;nbsp; The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine The New York Times (sub. req.) | Oct. 3, 2025 dotEDU: Higher Education Policy Explained http://dotedu.acepodcasts.libsynpro.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/39268580/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/39268580