Education Sep 20 A look at the future of DEI on college campuses as hundreds of programs disappear By Ali Rogin, Zoie Lambert, Laine Immell
Education Aug 24 Watch 5:31 How scammers are siphoning college financial aid with stolen student identities According to recent reports, sophisticated criminal networks are using identity theft to disguise themselves as students at U.S. colleges. They flood colleges with applications in order to siphon off tens of millions of dollars in financial aid, taking up seats… By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery
Education Apr 15 Watch 5:34 How college communities are reacting to funding threats, international student arrests Recent threats to federal funding and arrests of international students have created a sense of unease on many college campuses. A trio of editors at student newspapers across the country share a unique perspective about what they are seeing on… By Sam Lane
Education Mar 21 Colleges cut ties with The PhD Project, a nonprofit targeted by Trump administration over DEI The U.S. Education Department last week said it was investigating dozens of universities for alleged racial discrimination, citing ties to a nonprofit organization that has helped Black and Latino students pursue business degrees. By Cheyanne Mumphrey, Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press
Nation Feb 15 Watch 10:14 Why diversity initiatives at colleges and companies are facing political backlash The debate over diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in colleges and universities has been heating up around the country. The political and actual backlash to past DEI programs has been growing. John Yang breaks down more of what this dispute… By John Yang, Karina Cuevas
Feb 16 Watch 7:42 Universities look to the past to understand their relationships with race By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson, Tommy Walters In the aftermath of the killings by police of George Floyd and other black men and women, American institutions of all kinds have looked to their past and present to understand their relationships to race and racism. That reckoning continues… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 8:16 Baltimore begins push to reopen schools as students fall behind By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris Baltimore City Public Schools have started to reopen, but it's a fraction of all the students so far. Out of roughly 80,000 students who attend public schools there, 2,000 have returned to in-person learning, and an expanded reopening was recently… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch 5:55 What impact is ‘the COVID slide’ having on students? By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris The questions around when to re-open more schools for in-person classes remains front and center for millions of Americans. Data show about 42 percent of all students between kindergarten and high school are in virtual-only schooling right now. Christopher Morphew,… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 7:47 How Maine’s Colby College is striving to keep COVID-19 under control By Jeffrey Brown, Gretchen Frazee As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many academic institutions across the country are dealing with outbreaks -- or offering only virtual learning in an attempt to prevent them. But one liberal arts school in Maine is seeking to avoid either fate. Continue watching
Jul 07 International students must leave U.S. if classes go online By Collin Binkley, Associated Press International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall. Continue reading