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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered "professional," adding to public outcry after nurses were omitted from a new agency definition.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some of the country's most prestigious colleges are enrolling record numbers of low-income students -- a growing admissions priority in the absence of affirmative action.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off, saying their help is needed to tackle a mounting backlog of discrimination complaints from students and families.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration says its plan to dismantle the Education Department offers a fix for the nation's lagging academics -- a solution that could free schools from the strictures of federal influence.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration says its plan to dismantle the Education Department offers a fix for the nation's lagging academics -- a solution that could free schools from the strictures of federal influence.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department, a source briefed on the matter said Tuesday. It represents a major step forward for the administration's dismantling of the department, which has mainly involved cutting jobs since...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 20 Democrat-led states are challenging a new Trump administration policy designed to block nonprofit and government workers from a student loan cancellation program if federal officials determine their employer has a "substantial illegal purpose."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The University of Virginia has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest in a growing list of campuses striking deals with the Trump administration as the college tries to pause months of scrutiny by the U.S. Justice Department.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The five universities that are still weighing President Donald Trump's higher-education compact have been asked to join a White House call Friday to discuss the proposed deal, according to two people familiar with the matter.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The five universities that are still weighing President Donald Trump's higher-education compact have been asked to join a White House call Friday to discuss the proposed deal, according to two people familiar with the matter.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college -- or whether to go at all -- has become a complex calculation of costs and benefits that often revolves around a single question: Is the degree worth its price?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college -- or whether to go at all -- has become a complex calculation of costs and benefits that often revolves around a single question: Is the degree worth its price?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Brown University is rejecting a Trump administration proposal that would provide favorable access to funding in exchange for a wide range of commitments, saying the deal would curtail academic freedom and undermine the university's independence.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration's previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation's students and schools in areas from special education to civil rights enforcement and after-school programs.
At first, Clemson University took a stand for free speech. It condemned employees' remarks that made light of Charlie Kirk's death on social media, but the school said it was committed to protecting the Constitution. Three days later, under pressure from conservatives in the Statehouse, it fired one of the employees. As an outcry grew and the White House took...
At first, Clemson University took a stand for free speech. It condemned employees' remarks that made light of Charlie Kirk's death on social media, but the school said it was committed to protecting the Constitution. Three days later, under pressure from conservatives in the Statehouse, it fired one of the employees. As an outcry grew and the White House took...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is redirecting nearly $500 million in federal funding toward historically Black colleges and tribal colleges, a one-time investment covered primarily by cuts to other colleges serving large numbers of minority students.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The same scene played out at campuses across the country. Charlie Kirk would grab a microphone, take a seat under a canopy -- often in busy campus hubs -- and invite debate from anyone who came along. His prompt: "Prove me wrong."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is ending several grant programs reserved for colleges that have large numbers of minority students, saying they amount to illegal discrimination by tying federal money to racial quotas.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The street, normally quiet, was abuzz. The block lit up with flashing police cruisers and officers in tactical vests. Some had covered their faces. Neighbors came out of homes. Some hurled insults at the police, telling them to leave -- or worse. Dozens joined in a chant: "Shame on you."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Teachers, social workers, nurses and other public workers would be cut off from a popular student loan cancellation program if the Trump administration finds their employer engaged in activities with a "substantial illegal purpose," under a new federal proposal released on Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Harvard University and the Trump administration are getting close to an agreement that would require the Ivy League university to pay $500 million to regain access to federal funding and to end investigations, according to a person familiar with the matter.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Brown University will pay $50 million to Rhode Island workforce development organizations in a deal with the Trump administration that restores lost federal research funding and ends investigations into alleged discrimination, officials said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Brown University on Wednesday said it reached a deal with the Trump administration to regain access to federal research funding and end investigations into alleged discrimination.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is freezing $108 million in research funding to Duke University as the federal government accuses the school of racial discrimination in the form of affirmative action, according to a person familiar with the matter.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is freezing $108 million in research funding to Duke University as the federal government accuses the school of racial discrimination in the form of affirmative action, according to a person familiar with the matter.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is pressing for a deal with Harvard University that would require the Ivy League school to pay far more than the $200 million fine agreed to by Columbia University to resolve multiple federal investigations, according to two people familiar with the matter.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard and other universities as part of potential settlements to end investigations into campus antisemitism, using the deal it struck with Columbia University as a template, according to an administration official familiar with the matter.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in grants to schools for adult literacy, English language instruction and other programs, the Education Department said Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration's milestone settlement with Columbia promises to bring stability to a university in crisis. It also delivers a crucial win to President Donald Trump in his campaign to reshape higher education.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration insists it hasn't wavered in its duty to protect the civil rights of America's children even as it dismantles the Education Department. Yet its own data shows the agency has resolved far fewer civil rights cases than in past years despite families filing more complaints.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The University of Michigan is under federal scrutiny after two Chinese scientists linked to the school were separately charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding the Education Department, allowing it to move ahead with mass layoffs and a plan to outsource the department's operations to other agencies.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia's largest public university.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans are urging seven U.S. universities to cut ties with a Chinese scholarship program that lawmakers call a "nefarious mechanism" to steal technology for the Chinese government.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans are urging seven U.S. universities to cut ties with a Chinese scholarship program that lawmakers call a "nefarious mechanism" to steal technology for the Chinese government.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans are urging seven U.S. universities to cut ties with a Chinese scholarship program that lawmakers call a "nefarious mechanism" to steal technology for the Chinese government.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is reshaping a student loan cancellation program into what some fear will become a tool for political retribution, taking aim at organizations that serve immigrants and transgender youth.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is reshaping a student loan cancellation program into what some fear will become a tool for political retribution, taking aim at organizations that serve immigrants and transgender youth.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday modified a trio of school records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas and said it would apologize to female athletes "disadvantaged" by her participation on the women's swimming team, part of a resolution of a federal civil rights case.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The University of Pennsylvania says it will update records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas and apologize to female athletes "disadvantaged" by Thomas' participation on the women's swimming team, part of a resolution of a federal civil rights case.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women's sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Harvard University failed to protect Jewish students from harassment, the Trump administration concluded after an investigation, threatening to cut all federal funding from the Ivy League school if it fails to take action.
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration's efforts to keep Harvard University from hosting international students.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three decades ago, foreign students at Harvard University accounted for just 11% of the total student body. Today, they account for 26%.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is moving to block nearly all foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard University, his latest attempt to choke the Ivy League school from an international pipeline that accounts for a quarter of the student body.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is moving to block nearly all foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard University, his latest attempt to choke the Ivy League school from an international pipeline that accounts for a quarter of the student body.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Campus activism has flared as the academic year winds down, with pro-Palestinian demonstrations leading to arrests at several colleges.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The president of Haverford College was berated by Republican lawmakers in a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism Wednesday, with some suggesting the school should lose federal funding because of her refusal to discuss student discipline in the wake of pro-Palestinian protests.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a "historical wrong" and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights Movement should be reconsidered.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Harvard University is promising to review its academic offerings and admissions policies in response to a pair of internal reports on antisemitism and anti-Arab prejudice at the Ivy League campus commissioned in the aftermath of last spring's pro-Palestinian protests.
On one side is Harvard, the nation's oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige. On the other side is the Trump administration, determined to go further than any other White House to reshape American higher education.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some Democratic-led states and cities are pushing back on a Trump administration threat to cut education funding over diversity, equity and inclusion programs, creating a standoff that could test how far the White House is willing to go to press its demands on the nation's schools.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration has issued a list of demands Harvard University must meet as a condition for receiving almost $9 billion in grants and contracts, federal money that is being threatened during an investigation into campus antisemitism.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As a condition for receiving federal money, the Trump administration is ordering K-12 schools to certify that they are following federal civil rights laws and eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
WASHIGNTON (AP) -- The Trump administration has halted several dozen federal research grants at Princeton University, the Ivy League school said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Harvard University has become the latest target in the Trump administration's approach to fight campus antisemitism, with the announcement of a new "comprehensive review" that could jeopardize billions of dollars for the Ivy League college.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is ordering changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that would disqualify workers of nonprofit groups deemed to have engaged in "improper" activities.