The University of Michigan and the City University of New York didn't adequately investigate complaints about antisemitic or anti-Palestinian harassment linked to campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war and other incidents
June 17, 2024
America’s schools have just started making progress toward getting students back on track after they fell behind by historic margins during the pandemic
June 02, 2024
The federal government has opened civil rights investigations at seven schools and universities over allegations of antisemitism or Islamophobia since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war
November 17, 2023
International students attended U.S. universities in surging numbers last year, rebounding from a pandemic slump with the help of a 35% jump in students coming from India
November 13, 2023
The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a combination of existing programs
May 22, 2024
President Joe Biden is taking another shot at student loan cancellation, hoping to deliver on a key campaign promise that he has so far failed to deliver
April 08, 2024
The Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge in Louisiana found that it overstepped the Education Department’s authority
June 14, 2024
A wave of student protests has spread across U.S. campuses over the last two weeks, led by students who have pitched tents or occupied buildings in protest of the Israel-Hamas war
May 02, 2024
The bungled rollout of a new federal student aid form has left millions of students in limbo and some wondering if their college dreams will survive
May 01, 2024
Another six Republican states are piling on to challenge the Biden administration’s newly expanded campus sexual assault rules, saying they overstep the president’s authority and undermine the Title IX anti-discrimination law
April 30, 2024
The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under new rules from the Biden administration
April 19, 2024
President Joe Biden’s latest plan for student loan cancellation is moving forward as a proposed regulation, offering him a fresh chance to deliver on a campaign promise and energize young voters ahead of the November election
April 16, 2024
The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 206,000 borrowers as part of a new repayment plan that offers a faster route to forgiveness
April 12, 2024
Another group of Republican-led states is suing to block the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan, which offers a faster path to cancellation and has been used to forgive loans for more than 150,000 borrowers
April 09, 2024
The U.S. Education Department says it discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this year’s college applications
March 22, 2024
Another 78,000 Americans are getting their federal student loans canceled through a program that helps teachers, nurses and other public servants
March 21, 2024
Republicans say President Joe Biden's plan to start canceling student loans for some borrowers in February is an attempt to win voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election
January 12, 2024
The expansive version of free speech long accepted in American society is facing more forceful competition than it has seen in a century
January 13, 2024
The Biden administration is docking more than $2 million in payments to student loan servicers that failed to send billing statements on time after the end of a coronavirus pandemic payment freeze
January 05, 2024
The university presidents called before last week’s congressional hearing on antisemitism had more in common than strife on their campuses: The leaders of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT were all women who were relatively new in their positions
December 12, 2023
As lawmakers and donors push for the ouster of Harvard President Claudine Gay, hundreds of faculty members are urging the university to keep her in command and resist “outside forces” that they view as a threat to the university’s independence
December 11, 2023
The nation’s largest Christian university says it’s fighting a $37.7 million fine brought by the federal government over allegations that it lied to students about the cost of its programs
November 16, 2023
The Biden administration is warning U.S. schools and colleges that they must take immediate action to stop antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses, citing an “alarming rise” in threats and harassment
November 07, 2023
The country’s largest Christian university is being fined $37.7 million by the federal government amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of its graduate programs
October 31, 2023
President Joe Biden’s second attempt at student loan cancellation moved forward Tuesday with a fresh round of negotiations to help guide the administration to a new plan
October 10, 2023
Microsoft may pay Constellation premium in Three Mile Island power agreement, Jefferies says
US workforce system restricts opportunities through racial discrimination, report says
Meta's AI chatbot to start speaking in the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, others, source says
Zelenskiy says Ukraine closer to end of war with Russia
Nearly a full-fledged war in Lebanon, EU's Borrell says
US seeks to prevent Israel-Hezbollah escalation, State Dept official says
Judge concludes hearing to determine fate of Murdoch media empire
Memphis man testifies that he and another man killed rapper Young Dolph