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Two players with their backs to the camera watch the players on the football field from the sidelines. One is wearing jersey No. 40 and one wears No. 20. Both are wearing their football helmets.

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Does adding football help colleges with recruiting? It’s complicated

by Miles MacClure September 13, 2025September 13, 2025

Some colleges, seeking to attract more male students, are adding the sport. Research suggests the gains may be short-lived.

Students walk up the steps of the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library on the campus of Harvard University.

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Trump administration illegally froze billions in Harvard funds, judge rules

by Sequoia Carrillo September 3, 2025September 3, 2025

The ruling is a legal victory for Harvard but the White House says it will appeal the decision.

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Colleges see significant drop in international students as fall semester begins

by Elissa Nadworny August 27, 2025August 27, 2025

Delays and increased screenings for visas mean that many students didn’t make it to campus on time – and that has some big implications for the economy.

Geraldlynn Stewart poses for a portrait outside her home in New Orleans East.

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A ‘college for all’ push thrived in New Orleans after Katrina. It wasn’t for everyone

by Sarah Carr August 27, 2025August 27, 2025

After Hurricane Katrina, many New Orleans charter schools united in a mission to send more students to college. Today, some of those students, now adults, wish they’d been given more options.

This illustration shows a black graduation cap with its golden tassel extending and morphing into a curving pathway that a student with a backpack is walking on. A large hand holding scissors is cutting the tassel off the cap and thereby cutting off the student's path to a degree.

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These programs help poor students with college. Trump wants to pull the funding

by Michael Vasquez August 22, 2025August 22, 2025

For 60 years, TRIO has helped millions of people along the path to a degree, but the administration says it is no longer needed.

A map of the United States with a graduation cap.

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Trump orders colleges to share admissions data, with an eye on affirmative action

by Cory Turner August 7, 2025August 7, 2025

Thursday’s move would compel colleges to report more data about the students they enroll and those who apply, including applicants’ race and standardized test scores.

A group of people walk out of a building and into the mist.

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Today is the last day for many Education Department workers. Here’s what they did

by Cory Turner August 1, 2025August 1, 2025

Employees across multiple divisions agree: They can’t imagine how the department will fulfill its legal obligations with roughly half its staff gone.

Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters face off outside of Columbia University on April 22, 2024.

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What we know about Columbia’s $221 million settlement with the Trump administration

by Elissa Nadworny July 25, 2025July 25, 2025

The complex settlement allowed both sides to claim victory. It gives the university access to federal funds that had been frozen, and restores some terminated contracts.