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Trump Administration Demands Records From Penn on Foreign Ties
The Trump administration on Thursday accused the University of Pennsylvania of submitting incomplete, inaccurate financial disclosures about its foreign ties and ordered the Ivy League […]
Trump Administration Disqualifies Harvard From Future Research Grants
The Trump administration on Monday sought to force Harvard University back to the negotiating table by informing the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college that it […]
Funds for K-12 Students Are on the Chopping Block in Trump’s Budget
President Trump’s budget proposal would shrink the Education Department, which he has called on Congress to eliminate, by slashing its funding by 15 percent, or […]
Harvard, Under Pressure, Revamps D.E.I. Office
Harvard is revamping its diversity, equity and inclusion office in a move that seemed to accede to the Trump administration, even as the university has […]
Trump Is Threatening School Funding. Here’s What Families Should Know.
It is unclear how the federal government might respond. Will mass federal layoffs affect classrooms? The Education Department’s work force is about half the size […]
The Ex-Convict Who Turned Down Columbia’s Ph.D. Offer
After 30 years in prison, Ibrahim Rivera was headed to the Ivy League. Then he realized that because of Trump administration threats, the university could […]
Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up for Core Values
Former President Barack Obama, in a campus speech on Thursday, urged universities to resist attacks from the federal government that violate their academic freedom. He […]
Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers
The Supreme Court on Friday let the Trump administration temporarily suspend $65 million in teacher-training grants that the government contends would promote diversity, equity and […]
Trump Administration Is Sued Over Push to Dismantle Education Department
The Trump administration’s campaign to dismantle the Education Department drew a pair of court challenges on Monday, as opponents called the plan an attempt to […]