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McMahon Outlines Her ‘Final Mission’ for the Department

Shortly after being sworn in as education secretary Monday, Linda McMahon issued a memo outlining the Education Department’s “final mission.”...
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Transfer Enrollments Continue to Rise

Transfers increased by 4.5 percent this fall, continuing two straight years of post-pandemic recovery. Recent enrollment trends suggest there’s plenty more room to grow.

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Not All Campus Cuts in February Were Driven by Trump

Concerns about a federal funding freeze prompted some colleges to take action, but job and program cuts last month mostly stemmed from falling enrollments and budget issues.

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Trump Administration Targets Columbia for Allegedly Failing to Stop Antisemitism

Three federal departments are reviewing contracts with the university worth more than $54 million, while a task force investigates claims of discrimination against Jewish students.

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Trump Stresses Transparency but Releases Little Accurate Data

Education scholars say the administration’s rash of cuts and lack of quality transparency will have a “devastating effect” on public policy and student outcomes for years to come.

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By 2040, Can Most Americans Earn ‘Credentials of Value’?

The Lumina Foundation’s previous 17-year goal—for 60 percent of adults to have a postsecondary credential—fell short. How will its next mission, focused on income, fare?

Justices Refuse to Hear Case Against Bias Response Teams

The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case regarding the constitutionality of bias response teams on college campuses, The...

Protesters Disrupt Larry Summers’s Wealth Tax Speech at Stanford

Protesters last week disrupted a Stanford University Democracy and Disagreement course in protest of guest speaker and former Harvard University...