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Trump’s Call for School Vouchers Is a Return to a Campaign Pledge
In his address to Congress, the president backed his controversial education secretary, Betsy DeVos, who has built her career on promoting the voucher program.
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In his address to Congress, the president backed his controversial education secretary, Betsy DeVos, who has built her career on promoting the voucher program.
By YAMICHE ALCINDOR
Gov. Sam Brownback faces a rebellion even among fellow Republicans over his tax-cutting philosophy, and the new ruling compounds the state’s fiscal woes.
By MITCH SMITH and JULIE BOSMAN
After just over a decade in conference basketball, Manhattan’s Berkeley College is taking a 26-0 record to the U.S.C.A.A. Division II national tournament.
By LOUIE LAZAR
The administration reversed a policy that allowed students to use the bathrooms of their choice at school, an order that caused an internal rift.
By JEREMY W. PETERS, JO BECKER and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
A free math camp for middle-school students from New York’s poorest neighborhoods was an effort to increase the number of blacks and Latinos with advanced math degrees.
By AMY HARMON
The main goal of those involved in the effort is to convince college presidents that the Obama-era policies have positively transformed the lives of women on college campuses.
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
Allen Coon, a student at the University of Mississippi, is reviled, but also revered, for challenging Old South symbols on a conservative campus.
By RICHARD FAUSSET
New York University will offer more classes, broaden its allowance for transfer credits and advise students on creating schedules to finish in three years.
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
The chip giant is ending its support of the fairs and sponsoring newer events like homemade engineering contests. Critics say the traditional fairs are as vital as ever.
By STEVE LOHR
The decision came after a series of protests from students, faculty and alumni who objected to honoring the 19th-century white supremacist statesman.
By NOAH REMNICK
America’s rapidly changing labor market means it’s harder to find economic security at a young age.
By QUOCTRUNG BUI
Charlotte Law’s struggles highlight the questions being raised over for-profit law schools and the sky-high amounts that students are borrowing for their education.
By ELIZABETH OLSON
Houghton College outperformed colleges with the biggest endowments by getting out of hedge funds and moving to a mix of low-cost index funds and mutual funds.
By JAMES B. STEWART
Colleges are turning to predictive analytics to pinpoint hotspots for failure — say, a C in English comp, a B in a foundational course in your major.
By JOSEPH B. TREASTER
To get that summer position, here’s what students need to know how to do.
Algebra is a stumbling block for many freshmen. But do so many need to be in a remedial class?
By EMILY HANFORD
A monthly midnight concert treats audiences to classical music and grand vibrations.
By KATE SINCLAIR
To the erudite right, this Michigan college is what higher education should be: classical study, with no federal regulation.
By ERIK ECKHOLM