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Democratic senators call for probe of Trump Education Department cuts
Eleven lawmakers say efforts to shutter the agency and transfer its responsibilities will “interrupt and degrade” essential programs and services.
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Columbia interim president is out after less than 8 months
Taking over for Katrina Armstrong is board of trustees co-chair Claire Shipman after the university was targeted by the Trump administration.
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University of Michigan scraps multimillion dollar DEI investment
The move shuttered the public flagship’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Office for Health Equity and Inclusion, effective immediately.
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What do the massive Education Department layoffs look like? See for yourself.
In eight visuals, we examine what the Trump administration's moves could signal for education's near future.
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University of New Orleans should rejoin LSU system, state board says
The public institution has been deteriorating financially since Hurricane Katrina hit the city two decades ago.
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6 higher education experts reflect on COVID’s sectorwide influence
This month marked the five-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic.
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House passes bill to lower foreign reporting threshold to $50K
The legislation, known as the Deterrent Act, would also require colleges to report all foreign gifts and contracts with “countries of concern,” such as China.
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‘Moving in the right direction’: The push by wealthy institutions to enroll more low-income students
Pell Grant recipients at colleges with the largest endowments increased nearly 5 percentage points since 2007, per a recent Brookings Institution analysis.
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Education Department reopens IDR student loan plan applications
The American Federation of Teachers sued the agency this month for blocking access to the congressionally mandated repayment options.
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This week in 5 numbers: University of Pennsylvania hit with $175M in stop-work orders
We’re rounding up recent stories, from another Ivy League college's federal funding woes to calls to increase the endowment taxes wealthy colleges pay.
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Deep Dive‘You can’t create 18-year-olds’: What can colleges do amid demographic upheaval?
Raising retention and attendance rates, and accommodating diverse student bodies, could take on new importance as the traditional-age pipeline weakens.
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University of Pennsylvania ordered to stop work on $175M in federal contracts
The Trump administration pulled research funding over the president’s mandate on transgender athletes — even though Penn says it is complying.
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ACE: Student outcomes at MSIs improve with full funding
Public minority-serving institutions can graduate students in greater numbers if they get the federal money they're eligible for, a new report found.
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Deep Dive‘Undercutting your future’: What a higher endowment tax would mean for colleges
The sector is worried about more risk, fewer resources and a disincentivized donor base as Republicans eye a bigger levy on university investments.
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AAUP and AFT sue Trump administration over threats to defund Columbia University
The unions accused federal officials of trying to “overpower” the Ivy League institution’s autonomy and are asking that a court restore all funding.
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University at Albany decarbonization project eyes 16% cut in fossil fuel consumption
With geothermal wells, heat recovery and chiller replacements, the university will be able to shut off its gas-fired boilers during the summer, it said.
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What types of colleges offer the best ROI?
The financial value of 4,600 colleges has been updated in a database from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.
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AAUP, AFT sue to block Education Department dismantling
The plaintiffs allege that the executive branch has exceeded its constitutional authority and violated law after the president’s order to wind the agency down.
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How many colleges and universities have closed since 2016?
Seattle University will take over Cornish College of the Arts and its assets in May, per an agreement between the two institutions.
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‘Turbulence’ and ‘confusion’: Groups raise alarm over Trump’s push to kill the Education Department
Opponents of the effort to dismantle the agency worry the executive order will disrupt critical services, such as federal financial aid.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vetoes bill to ban DEI at public colleges
Civil rights groups in the state celebrated the move, but Republicans are expected to override the governor's decision next week.
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High school students with autism gain college mentors in NYC program
The Making Mentors program empowers college students with autism to provide representation for and build community with high school mentees.
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Trump signs order closing Education Department to ‘maximum extent appropriate’
The directive comes on the heels of U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon's decision to gut half the agency as its "final mission.”
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University of California freezes hiring as it braces for funding cuts
The system cited uncertainty at both the federal and state level, including heavy potential cuts from the National Institutes of Health.
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Moody’s turns negative on higher ed’s financial outlook amid Trump cuts
Federal policy changes like layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education and funding reductions create major new risks for the sector, analysts said.
