One aggressive legislative package, which already passed the U.S. House of Representatives, would significantly curb eligibility for Pell Grants and fine schools for leaving students with debt.
The Trump administration has terminated over $2.5 billion nationwide in higher education federal research funding since the end of April, leaving some states with around half a billion in losses, according to this database.
The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is investigating colleges and universities for potentially violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, according to a press release.
Some 60 colleges and universities now face "enforcement actions" over claims of campus antisemitism, the U.S. Department of Education warned just a few days after yanking $400 million in grants from Columbia University over alleged civil rights infractions.
Graduating high schoolers are 99% certain that a foray into higher education is going to work out but several factors contribute to high levels of stress during the college application process.
New college rankings from FIRE and ADL emphasize free speech and antisemitism over academics, diverging sharply from U.S. News rankings. Critics argue their flawed methodologies make them unreliable for guiding federal research funding.
Increasingly, college and university presidents are using their voices to address what they say are misguided assaults on admissions policies, educational curricula, endowment support, research priorities and freedom of expression.
