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Trump Walks Back Threat to Defund Black Colleges
Some African-American educators were left feeling used, many black politicians were enraged and some demanded that President Trump show his support by offering more funding.
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Some African-American educators were left feeling used, many black politicians were enraged and some demanded that President Trump show his support by offering more funding.
By YAMICHE ALCINDOR and CHARLIE SAVAGE
The city’s high school admissions process was supposed to give every student a real chance to attend a good school. But 14 years in, it has not delivered.
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS and FORD FESSENDEN
A group for Chinese students has worked in tandem with Beijing to promote a pro-Chinese agenda and tamp down anti-Chinese speech on Western campuses.
By STEPHANIE SAUL
Americans owe more than a trillion dollars in student debt. Regulatory changes by the Trump administration are taking us in the wrong direction.
By SUSAN DYNARSKI
Monday marked the first time a black woman has ever served as American University’s student government president. That same day, the bananas appeared.
By JACEY FORTIN
The move, which will allow accepted juniors to spend at least two years working, is part of an effort to encourage a more diverse pool of students to pursue a law degree.
By ELIZABETH OLSON
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that school lunches would no longer have to meet some of the Obama administration’s dietary guidelines.
By ERICA L. GREEN and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
As school districts struggle under the burden of unpaid lunch debt, many of them resort to tactics that stigmatize children.
By BETTINA ELIAS SIEGEL
Cetys University is making an ambitious bid to become the first Mexican member of the N.C.A.A.
By MARC TRACY
Decisions in a district in Upper Manhattan offer a look at a persistent problem in public education that, for now, is without a solution.
By KATE TAYLOR
An Education Department study found that students who switched to private schools under the system had lower results than their peers, but found their new schools safer by a large margin.
By ERICA L. GREEN
In a second round of water testing, 83 percent of school buildings had at least one outlet with levels above the E.P.A.’s threshold for action.
By KATE TAYLOR
She will arrive at a time when state funding as a percentage of operating costs is down and colleges are under pressure to increase access for low-income students.
By KATE TAYLOR
Thousands of scientists and science enthusiasts took to the streets in Washington and around the world on Saturday to protest.
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR
Preston Roberson-Charles was on MTV, then spent two years homeless in New York City. Now he’s an economics student. He revisited the experience.
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
Kent State and Cornell University have opened the nation’s first certified gluten-free dining halls.
By JESSICA BLATT PRESS
There are two kinds of popular people: the likable and the status seekers. Which kind are you? It matters.
By SARAH MASLIN NIR
A safe space at Liberty University for making face-to-face connections.
By TAMMY La GORCE
Taking a break from college to surf, wash dishes and, most important, break away from Mom and Dad.
By KYLE DeNUCCIO