Education Nov 19 Teachers and parents weigh benefits and risks of artificial intelligence in schools By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris
Nation Nov 18 Watch 5:59 News Wrap: Federal judge rules Meta does not have illegal monopoly In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that Meta does not have an illegal monopoly over social networking, Cloudflare says it has resolved an outage that disrupted internet users, the NTSB says two electrical blackouts disabled the ship…
Education Nov 18 Watch 8:18 Community colleges face new challenges as Trump battles with higher education The Trump administration's battles over higher education have mostly focused on elite and some public universities. But the president's policies are also creating challenges for some community colleges, and could undermine those schools' plans to build more economic opportunities and… By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes
Education Nov 17 Foreign enrollment at U.S. colleges holds steady despite Trump’s visa crackdown, report finds However, the Institute of International Education found that new students entering the United States for the first time fell by 17%, the sharpest decrease since the COVID-19 pandemic. By Collin Binkley, Makiya Seminera, Associated Press
Education Nov 13 New Texas A&M policy requires professors to get approval for some race and gender topics Texas A&M University System regents on Thursday required professors to receive approval from the school president to discuss some race and gender topics, tightening rules months after a viral video of a student confronting an instructor over her lessons threw… By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press
Nov 11 Watch 8:55 How UCLA is navigating unprecedented demands from the Trump administration By Stephanie Sy, Sam Weber The Trump Administration has tried to reshape higher education by cutting off funding and issuing executive orders on a variety of issues, including diversity, trans rights and antisemitism. While some universities reached settlements, others are navigating a new school year… Continue watching
Nov 07 Cornell announces deal with Trump to restore withheld federal funding By Collin Binkley, Associated Press Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school. Continue reading
Nov 05 What to know about Trump’s changes to student loan forgiveness rules By Jennifer L. Steele, The Conversation There is currently more than $1.6 trillion of student loan debt in the United States. A person with an average amount of undergraduate federal student loan debt is paying about $299 a month over the course of the 10 years it typically takes… Continue reading
Oct 30 New Trump rule bars student loan relief for public workers tied to ‘illegal’ activity By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The move could cut off some teachers, doctors and other public workers from federal loan cancellation. Continue reading
Oct 22 University of Virginia strikes deal with Trump administration to pause civil rights investigations By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The University of Virginia has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest in a growing list of campuses striking deals with the Trump administration as it tries to pause months of… Continue reading