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FILE PHOTO: People walk through the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles

Education Oct 02

Applying for college financial aid? Here’s what’s different about this year’s FAFSA

By Genesis Magpayo

Politics Oct 02

Brown University sits in downtown Providence
Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda for better access to federal money

A document sent to the universities encourages them to adopt the White House’s vision for America’s campuses, with commitments to accept the government’s priorities on admissions, women’s sports, free speech, student discipline and college affordability, among other topics.

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Education Sep 20

People spend time at Muhlenberg College in Allentown
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A look at the future of DEI on college campuses as hundreds of programs disappear

Change is in the air as college students return from summer break this year. At more than 400 campuses across the country, programs and centers that promote diversity, equity and inclusion have been eliminated or rebranded. Ali Rogin speaks with…

By Ali Rogin, Zoie Lambert, Laine Immell

Education Aug 24

Students crossing the lawn in front of the Faye and Joe Wyatt Center for Education on the campus of Peabody College at Van...
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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

Protests continue on Columbia University campus in support of Palestinians
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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

Mar 21

Colleges cut ties with The PhD Project, a nonprofit targeted by Trump administration over DEI

By Cheyanne Mumphrey, Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press

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.

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Feb 15

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Why diversity initiatives at colleges and companies are facing political backlash

By John Yang, Karina Cuevas

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…

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Feb 16

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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…

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Feb 08

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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…

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Feb 03

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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,…

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