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Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Faces Charges for Protest Actions

Prosecutors in St. Louis have formally charged former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and one other demonstrator for their...
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The Struggling Sanctuary Campus Movement

Students want colleges to call themselves “sanctuary campuses” as a show of support for undocumented students. Higher ed leaders balk at the term.

Arkansas Passes Higher Ed ‘Reform’ Bill

Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a wide-ranging bill last Tuesday, upending the state’s higher education budget and clamping down...
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Marquee Conference for Women Historians Canceled, Co-Presidents Ousted

A message to prospective “Big Berks” attendees led to online blame on the planned host university and the political moment. But the cancellation is more complicated than that.

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Meet the Class of 2029

The CIRP Freshman Survey highlights the growing diversity of incoming college students, the pressures of paying for college, increased mental health concerns and, for the first time, how state policies factor into college choice.

Democrats Seek Transparency on Trump’s Plans to Dismantle Education Department

House Democrats are demanding greater transparency from President Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon regarding their plans for dismantling the...
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Trump’s Plan to Move Student Loans to SBA Raises Concerns

The administration, which wants to close the Education Department, hasn’t said how it would move the $1.7 trillion portfolio to a new agency. Democrats say doing so would be a “clear violation” of the law.

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Columbia Agrees to Trump’s Demands

To address alleged antisemitism, the university will make the changes the Trump administration has demanded, despite legal and academic freedom concerns.