Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats
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Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Former President Barack Obama urged universities to resist attacks from the federal government that violate their academic freedom in a campus speech on Thursday. He also said schools and students should engage in self-reflection about speech environments on their campuses. “If you are…

How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?
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How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines What counts as a D.E.I. program in a school? And how do such programs differ from simply learning and talking about race and identity? Those questions have been central to local education debates over the past five years. Now, they are most likely…

University of Michigan to Scuttle Its Flagship D.E.I. Program
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University of Michigan to Scuttle Its Flagship D.E.I. Program

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The University of Michigan will eliminate its central diversity, equity and inclusion program, the school announced on Thursday, seeking to overhaul an ambitious and expensive initiative that it had long cast as a model for American higher education. Michigan — one of the…

Columbia Faculty Protests as Trump Officials Hail University Concessions
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Columbia Faculty Protests as Trump Officials Hail University Concessions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration on Monday welcomed concessions by Columbia University to tighten disciplinary procedures and assert more control over academic departments in response to charges of antisemitism, saying the actions represent a “positive first step in the university maintaining a financial relationship with…

Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds
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Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Columbia University agreed on Friday to make changes to its protest rules, campus security policies and Middle Eastern studies department in a remarkable concession to the Trump administration, which had refused to consider restoring $400 million in federal funding without an overhaul. The…

Why Trump Can’t Immediately Shut Down the Education Department
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Why Trump Can’t Immediately Shut Down the Education Department

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Thursday instructed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin shutting down her agency, a task that cannot be completed without congressional approval and sets the stage for a seismic political and legal battle over the federal government’s role in the nation’s…

What Happens to Student Loans if the Education Dept. Closes?
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What Happens to Student Loans if the Education Dept. Closes?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday in an attempt to shut down the Education Department. “We are sending education back to the states, where it so rightly belongs,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement after Mr. Trump signed…

Trump to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department
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Trump to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Thursday instructing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling the agency, according to two White House officials. The department cannot be closed without the approval of Congress, which created it. But the Trump administration…

Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Gutting of Education Department
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Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Gutting of Education Department

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “All of President Trump’s executive actions are lawful, constitutional and intended to deliver on the promises he made to the American people,” a White House spokesman, Harrison Fields, said. “Partisan elected officials and judicial activists who seek to legally obstruct President Trump’s agenda…