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.
After targeting Harvard University's federal funding, the Trump administration has turned its attention to the activities of the school's international students and its donations from overseas.
Despite shifts in political activism, U.S. colleges remain centers of protests, petitions and campaigns. Each year, the Princeton Review ranks schools by political engagement. See which campuses top the list.
Two coalitions of higher ed and K12 advocates filed separate lawsuits this week, hoping to derail President Donald Trump's executive order to close the Department of Education.
