Education
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‘Ivy League’ doesn’t mean excellent medical schools, according to new index
The Medical School Excellence Index is the inaugural report of the new Center for Accountability in Medicine.
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Education Department directs Harvard University to use its own funds to cover student aid
The department said the latest action is the consequence of three events, including the department's determination that Harvard has violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and allegations that Harvard has taken steps to secure $1 billion in bonds.
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Pence joins George Mason University as professor
“It’s a privilege to join the Schar School as Professor of Practice,” former Vice President Mike Pence said
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Cornell University student protester self-deports after visa gets revoked
Momodou Taal, 31, said he left the U.S. voluntarily after a judge didn't block the U.S. government from going through the process to deport him.
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Trump administration suspends multiple Princeton research grants amid antisemitism investigation
The Ivy League school's president did not specify how much money had been impacted, but the administration has pulled $400 million in federal funding for Columbia University.
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Columbia University's interim president resigns a week after federal funding deal
Claire Shipman, the co-chair of the board of trustees, will immediately assume the role of acting president. Armstrong will return to the school's Irving Medical Center.
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House passes legislation to keep foreign influence out of higher education
The DETERRENT Act passed in a 241 to 169 vote.
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DHS agents detain Tufts University student for alleged participation in pro-Hamas activities
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was leaving her home in Somerville Tuesday evening where she was stopped by authorities for no reason, according to her lawyer.
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Columbia student who participated in protests sues Trump administration over efforts to deport her
Columbia University student Yunseo Chung filed the lawsuit as the Trump administration allegedly works to deport her, after it revoked her lawful permanent resident status. Chung has been in the U.S. since she was 7 years old.
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DEI on Campus: Schools still assessing Trump executive order
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues “to assess the implications” of recent activity on the federal level and “respond across multiple levels,” according to a school message.
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Columbia University cedes to Trump administration in battle over federal funding due to antisemitism
The agreement also comes after the administration pulled $400 million in grants which amounts to approximately 8% of the university’s US-taxpayer funding.
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Social workers get millions to push DEI in schools
Now that President Donald Trump has banned that kind of funding, schools will have to find workarounds or drop the programs altogether.
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House Republican to introduce legislation so Trump can shutter Education Dept through Congress
Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that directed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin taking steps to close the department.