Education
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Department of Education launches civil rights probe into Duke University
The letter to Duke University leadership asks the school to create a "Merit and Civil Rights Committee” that would work with the federal government to investigate the civil rights violation allegations and help resolve the matter more quickly.
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Districts brace for growing costs as cyber criminals target schools
Cafeteria staff scrambled to help students who depended on school meals. Parents searched for childcare when district officials canceled classes. Seniors worried about college application deadlines while transcripts were inaccessible.
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Department of Education cracks down on Oregon, Virginia over Title IX
The investigations come after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February intended to "protect opportunities for women and girls to compete in safe and fair sports."
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Columbia University suspends dozens of students on interim basis over anti-Israel protest
The school said over 65 students were suspended and 33 people were barred from the campus over the protest, who were not affiliated with the university.
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Trump vows to end secrecy of foreign & CCP funding on campus after Biden ‘turned a blind eye’
The first Trump Administration was serious about the challenge posed by foreign funding and CCP influence at American colleges.
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Education Department investigates University of Pennsylvania over foreign funding
UPenn has 30 days to produce tax information and other documents to the department that date back to 2017.
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Columbia students call on school to crack down on protests that disrupt learning ahead of finals
The New York Police Department (NYPD) arrested 81 people in connection to the protest but their identities have not been released.
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Citizen journalist, who took his life after school district threatened him, vindicated in court
Maine school district had "blatant lack of [legal] standing to pursue relief under any of the statutory provisions" it used to threaten Shawn McBreairty for identifying male student using girls' bathroom, Trump nominee says.
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NYPD arrests dozens of protesters at Columbia University that invaded library
The protests come after Columbia warned students last month that it would not tolerate encampments on campus again this year, and could possibly arrest agitators.
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Masked anti-Israel protesters storm Columbia University library as students prepare for finals
The Ivy League school served as the epicenter of the antisemitic protests that broke out at numerous colleges across the country last year.
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Columbia University to let go almost 180 researchers funded by grants from the government
The Trump administration has already canceled $400 million in federal funding to the school due to the school's response to antisemitism on campus.
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Over two dozen protesters arrested for occupying University of Washington building
University of Washington Assistant Vice President for Communications Victor Balta said approximately 30 protesters were arrested on trespassing, property destruction and disorderly conduct charges.
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DEI on Campus: UConn to maintain DEI office
UConn said it does not use race as a factor in any of its decisions – including admissions and hiring – and that it does not segregate or exclude on the basis of race, even as it operates its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and various cultural centers, according to a university message.