Filter & Sort
Colleges Flag Words Like ‘Women’ to Comply With DEI Bans
Following the example of federal agencies, some campuses are coming up with lists of keywords to purge their webpages and courses of DEI content.
D.C. Area Colleges Offer Career Support to Laid-Off Federal Workers
Colleges and universities in and around Washington, D.C., are offering career support services to federal employees whose jobs have been...
Education Department Investigates Dozens of Colleges for Discrimination
The Trump administration is following through on its threat to crack down on colleges’ race-based programs, beginning with a small postgraduate recruitment partnership.
Trump’s Demands to Columbia Reflect Assault on Higher Ed, Experts Say
The administration wants Columbia University to make sweeping changes to its discipline and admissions processes. Experts say the demands are overreaching.
States Sue to Block Education Department Layoffs
Twenty Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration for its massive job cuts at the...
University of Maine System Funding Freeze Lifted
Senator Susan Collins of Maine said the pause on federal agriculture funding for her state’s public colleges and universities has...
Layoffs Gut Federal Education Research Agency
The department says the research agency failed to effectively fulfill its mandate and exemplifies wasteful spending. But experts warn the cuts will undermine “the backbone of accountability” for the country’s schools and colleges.
Columbia Imposes Harsh Sanctions for Student Protesters
Columbia University handed down sanction decisions for student protesters who occupied Hamilton Hall in April of last year, the university...