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Senate Eyes Pell Grant Boost, More Money for Federal Student Aid

The chamber’s draft spending plan doesn’t make the sweeping cuts to the Education Department that House Republicans want to see, setting up yet another fight over the federal budget.

President Biden, at an angle, speaks from a podium with the presidential seal

How Biden’s Title IX Reform Became a Legal Morass

Conservatives have partly stymied the administration’s efforts to overhaul Title IX, getting the new regulations temporarily blocked in 26 states over objections to expanded rights for LGBTQ+ students. Here’s how the last 100 days have unfolded.

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Mizzou Dissolves DEI Office

Facing pressure from conservative lawmakers, Missouri’s flagship university is disbanding its inclusion, diversity and equity division, undoing a keystone achievement of the 2015 campus protests over racial equity.

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Survey Finds Most Professors Are Comfortable Teaching Sensitive Topics

A snapshot of academic freedom perceptions in a tumultuous academic year yields results that may surprise higher education observers. But demographic breakdowns might provide a more complex picture.

Lawmakers at press conference introducing bill

Illinois Bill Introduces Novel Higher Ed Funding Model

If the ambitious legislation passes, future budget appropriations would be based on an adequacy and equity formula, particularly benefiting regional and minority-serving institutions.

A photograph of police in riot gear, with the words "state police" on their shields, approaching a group of people huddled together, holding on to one another, on a lawn at Indiana University at Bloomington.

Indiana U Board Doubles Down on Protest Restrictions

The Indiana University Board of Trustees has approved a divisive policy expanding restrictions enacted against a pro-Palestinian encampment at the Bloomington campus in the spring.

Massachusetts Budget Features Expanded Free Community College Plan

Massachusetts governor Maura Healey signed a nearly $58 billion state budget bill Monday featuring a $117 million plan to expand...
Kamala Harris, wearing a pink suit, smiles and shakes hands at this year's Alpha Kappa Alpha Boulé.

Black Sororities, Fraternities ‘Organizing Like Never Before’

The organizations are mobilizing to get voters to the polls as their student and alumni members embrace Alpha Kappa Alpha member Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign.