All students applying for a visa will need to set their social media profiles to "public," according to a post on the State Department's website, saying that the additional screening was part of the vetting process to exclude applicants who "pose a threat to U.S. national security."
Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act would penalize colleges with poor student loan outcomes and reward those with strong returns. Experts see potential benefits but warn the plan relies on data the government doesn’t yet have.
The Trump administration is targeting colleges and universities through a multi-pronged strategy that includes cutting federal research funding, restricting international student visas, threatening accreditation and nonprofit status and pushing for steep endowment taxes.
Starting this fall, colleges and universities in the NCAA's top division will be allowed to directly pay athletes for the first time. Payments will be limited by a salary cap set initially at $20.5 million per school.
Veterans' advocates fought for decades to close a loophole with the GI Bill that made veterans a target of for-profit universities. Trump's budget bill has language to bring that loophole back.
Citing a lack of nutrition education, Kennedy said future physicians must be taught how to prevent and treat illness through diet, not just medication.
According to a new budget summary, the Trump administration wants to cut the Education Department's funding by 15%, while largely preserving the two most important federal funding streams to K12 schools.
A judge has issued a preliminary injunction that allows Harvard to continue enrolling international students—halting, at least for now, the Trump administration's efforts to ban the practice.
The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on social media, officials said.
Small, religiously affiliated colleges in rural areas are facing declining enrollment and financial challenges, forcing many to close or merge. Some schools are attempting to avoid this fate by partnering, a strategy other struggling institutions are closely watching.
More states are letting community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees, expanding access for rural students. This shift aims to fill workforce gaps and provide affordable education options.
Thousands of international students found their lives thrown into chaos in recent weeks by a Trump administration effort to flag their past brushes with law enforcement that left them unable to work or study in the U.S.
Many international students are rethinking their education in the United States as the federal government revokes visas. A shift away could have a multibillion-dollar economic impact.
The Department of Justice said it has restored, or plans to restore, the records of hundreds of students in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System. Without those records, students couldn't stay in the U.S. even if they were set to graduate.
Since last year, some pro-Palestinian protestors have been accused of antisemitism and of supporting terrorist organizations. Protestors deny this, arguing that criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza and U.S. support should not be equated with antisemitism.
