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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology holds Commencement in Cambridge

Education Oct 10

MIT president rejects proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

Education Oct 02

FILE PHOTO: People walk through the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles
Applying for college financial aid? Here’s what’s different about this year’s FAFSA

The updated FAFSA form launched last week — the earliest it’s been available in the program’s history, according to the Department of Education.

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 Mar 14

U.S. Department of Education staff layoffs
More than 50 universities face federal investigations under Trump’s anti-DEI campaign

The Education Department announced the new investigations Friday, one month after issuing a memo warning America’s schools and colleges that they could lose federal money over “race-based preferences” in admissions, scholarships or any aspect of student life.

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

Education Feb 18

fafsa
Why students applying for college financial aid are facing new technical hurdles

Marginalized students may have the most to lose as the Education Department’s rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has hit several bumps.

By Nadra Nittle, The 19th

Dec 09

Liz Magill, UPenn president, resigns after antisemitism testimony draws backlash

By Associated Press

The University of Pennsylvania’s president has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct…

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Dec 05

WATCH: Harvard, MIT, Penn presidents defend efforts to combat antisemitism on campus

In testimony before a House committee, the university leaders said there was a fine line between protecting free speech and allowing protests, while also combating antisemitism.

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Jan 12

Watch 6:43
How the pandemic highlights racial disparities in higher education

By Hari Sreenivasan, Jason Kane

Typically during a recession, community college enrollment goes up as unemployed workers start looking for new skills. But that’s not happening this time around, signaling trouble for the economy and individual families going forward — particularly for lower-income students and…

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Dec 29

Watch 7:40
How the pandemic is shaking up college admissions and testing

By William Brangham

With many college admissions testing sites closing down during the pandemic, as many as 50 percent of early applications arrived without any test scores this year. That's resulted in some top-ranked schools seeing a surge in applications, but elsewhere, application…

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May 28

Chinese grad students may be next hit by U.S.-China tensions

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

The Trump administration may expel thousands of Chinese graduate students enrolled at U.S. universities in the latest sign of tensions between Washington and Beijing that are raging over trade, the coronavirus pandemic, human rights and the status of Hong Kong.

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