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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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Supporting Student Retention With Small Grants

A new initiative at the Community College of Vermont provides learners with small grants to assist with immediate needs that threaten their persistence.

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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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Listen: The Role of the Embedded Mental Health Counselor

To decrease barriers to access and provide tailored supports, colleges and universities are designating mental health clinicians to specific academic departments or locations.

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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...
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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.

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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.