Americans without a degree still believe in the value of college, a new poll says
A new Lumina Foundation and Gallup poll surveyed nearly 14,000 people between the ages of 18 and 59 who don’t have degrees. The majority of…
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Trump officials halt $1 billion in funding for Cornell, $790 million for Northwestern
A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school’s campus in Ithaca, New York, on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. Ted Shaffrey/AP…
Bienvenidos! Some colleges are targeting a long-neglected group: Hispanic students
Illustration by Annelise Capossela for NPR RIVER FOREST, Ill. — When she began to check out colleges as a high school student, Jacqueline Quintero noticed…
How are college presidents handling funding threats? Preparing for the worst
Shane Tolentino for NPR Education Why this Yale professor is fleeing America In even a typical year, running a college or university is a complex…
Education Dept. warns schools: Eliminate DEI programs or lose funding
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks to reporters at the White House. The Education Department sent a letter to state leaders warning of the potential…
How the Education Department helps students with disabilities get an education
Kellen Hedler leads his fellow classmates at Frontier Elementary School near Oklahoma City. Kellen has Down syndrome, a genetic condition that causes a range of…
Why this Yale professor is fleeing America
Alexander Walk at Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S., on April 7, 2024. Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe…
6 things borrowers should know about federal student loans right now
Eight million federal student loan borrowers are waiting for the courts to decide if their repayment plan is legal, while another 9 million are late…
How the Ph.D. Project, and 45 colleges, became a target of the Trump administration
The campus of Yale University seen in New Haven, Conn. Yale is one of 45 colleges that are under investigation for allegedly engaging in “race-exclusionary…
Trump says Education Department will no longer oversee student loans, ‘special needs’
The federal student loan portfolio – which manages about $1.6 trillion in loans for roughly 43 million borrowers – is currently overseen by the Education…