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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.

A fist is holding a wad of cash as well as several diplomas.

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?

AGB Leader Resigns Abruptly After 6 Months

Less than a year into the job, Framroze Virjee is out as president and CEO of the Association of Governing...
Photos of the University of Findlay and Bluffton University campuses.

Findlay, Bluffton Merger Called Off

A planned merger between the University of Findlay and Bluffton University that was in the works for a year is off after Findlay’s board voted against moving forward with the proposal.

U.S. Plans Campus Visits to Investigate Antisemitism

The Trump administration announced Friday that a federal task force will visit 10 university campuses to investigate antisemitic incidents that...

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...
Bright multicolored images of students interact on a campus quad.

What Does the Education Department’s DEI Guidance Really Mean?

Over the weekend, the department dropped a new document expanding on the Office for Civil Rights’ anti-DEI directive. Legal scholars say it takes a more nuanced approach but express varying levels of hope about its outcomes.

A photograph of a rally at the University of Rochester, with signs including "Agreement or Strike!"

Ph.D. Workers and Their University Both Backed a Union Election. Then Trump Won.

The University of Rochester gave multiple reasons for backing out and leaving students to try their luck with the NLRB, which has been drastically transformed since the president took office. Other student workers are wary, too.