Congressional Interference Database
Congressional committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate have held hearings and investigations of American universities and colleges since October 7, 2023. This database organizes information from these committees’ public websites about each investigation.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
Instructions to download the dataset: Click on the ORIGINAL DATABASE link on this webpage. This will open the dataset on Airtable. Once on the Airtable page, look at the upper left-hand side of the screen for the “Grid view” option, and click on the down arrow next to it. Then select “Download CSV” from the dropdown options.
To download the table code book, click here.
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States in Which Higher Education Institutions Have Been Targeted by Congress
Hover your cursor over the charts to view specific totals. Figures reflect individual instances of Congressional interference; multiple actions involving the same higher education institution are counted separately.
Type of Targeted Higher Education Institutions
Hover your cursor over the chart to view specific totals. Figures reflect individual instances of Congressional interference; multiple actions involving the same higher education institution are counted separately.