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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.

President Trump stands next to Linda McMahon while holding up two white sheets of paper.

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.

A photo of a pro-Palestinian protest on Columbia University's campus last year.

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.

Protesters at Georgetown hold a "Ceasefire Now" sign

Trump’s Latest Target: Foreign Scholars

As the administration continues its crackdown on noncitizens in higher ed, international academics face ICE raids, deportation and challenges at the border.

UC System Freezes Hiring, Bans Diversity Statement Mandates

The University of California System’s president announced a systemwide hiring freeze and other “cost-saving measures, such as delaying maintenance and...

USDA Cancels Hundreds of Journal Subscriptions

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has canceled nearly 400 of the National Agricultural Library’s roughly 2,000 journal subscriptions, Science reported...

Academic Publishers Braced for Slowdown as Trump DEI Purge Bites

Defunding of diversity-related research may deter American university libraries from buying titles in contentious topic areas, publishers fear.

Northwestern Journalism Professor Says Pro-Palestinian Activism Cost Him Tenure

Steven Thrasher, an assistant journalism professor who tried to block police from breaking up a pro-Palestinian encampment at Northwestern University...