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An exterior view of San Jose State University is seen, June 30, 2011, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
Trump administration says San Jose State broke the law by allowing a transgender volleyball player
The Trump administration has concluded that San Jose State University discriminated against women by letting a transgender athlete play on the women’s volleyball team.
 
A woman walks by a Yale sign reflected in the rainwater on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
Yale to waive all costs for new undergraduates from families earning less than $100,000
Yale University is eliminating tuition for new undergraduates from families earning less than $100,000 a year.
 
Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colleges.
 
Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Trump administration delays plan to withhold wages for student loan borrowers in default
The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans.
 
The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, on Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Work on sexual violence cases is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department
The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations at schools and universities.
 
A group of African American students, left, enter the Boothville-Venice School in Plaquemines Parish, La., on Sept. 12, 1966, as a group of white mothers wait at the entrance of the school. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell, File)
Trump officials and Louisiana put an end to another decades-old school desegregation order
The Trump administration and Louisiana officials have lifted another decades-old school desegregation order, part of a campaign to end court orders they describe as outdated.
 
Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Trump officials loosen strings on federal education money for Iowa. More states could follow
The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power to decide how it spends its federal education money.
 
The gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Trump administration will appeal judge’s order reversing federal funding cuts at Harvard
The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s order reversing billions of dollars in funding cuts to Harvard University.
 
People protest outside the White House in Washington, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Lawmakers urge Education Department to add nursing to ‘professional’ programs list amid uproar
A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional.”
 
Nassau Hall at Princeton University is seen, Oct. 8, 2024, in Princeton, N.J. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions
Some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges have been enrolling record numbers of low-income students as campuses prioritize economic diversity in the wake of a ban on affirmative action.
 
The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Education Department workers targeted in layoffs are returning to tackle civil rights backlog
The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off.
 
National Guard patrol the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
US halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members
The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports.
 
People gather for a vigil in honor of National Guard member Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, one of two National Guard members who were shot in Washington on Wednesday, in Webster Springs, W.Va., Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)
Suspect in shooting of National Guard members faces murder charge as US halts all asylum decisions
The charges against the man who authorities say shot two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died.
 
A school bus is seen behind a fence with barbed wire outside Ferriday High School in Ferriday, La., May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Trump administration’s effort to end 1960s school desegregation cases faces a hurdle
The Trump administration’s effort to overturn decades-old school desegregation orders is facing pushback from a federal judge in Louisiana.
 
People protest outside the White House in Washington, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Trump administration plan to reduce access to some student loans angers nurses, health care groups
A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are pushing back against a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases.
 
Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Schools fear disruptions as the White House begins dismantling the Education Department
The Trump administration is steaming forward on its plan to dismantle the Education Department. Many state and local education leaders say they are bracing for disruption and new bureaucratic hurdles.
 
The U.S. Department of Education building is photographed in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
The Education Department is being dismantled. Here’s what that means
The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the department entirely.
 
Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks during a meeting in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Trump administration takes major step toward dismantling the Education Department
The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
 
Students attend commencement ceremonies in the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill., on Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Darrell Hoemann/The News-Gazette via AP, File)
Foreign enrollment at US colleges holds steady, for now, despite Trump’s visa crackdown
A new report finds that foreign students enrolled at U.S. colleges in strong numbers this fall despite fears that a Trump administration crackdown would trigger a nosedive.
 
A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school's campus in Ithaca, New York, Jan. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school.
 
The U.S. Department of Education building is photographed in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
States and cities challenge Trump policy overhauling public service loan forgiveness
More than 20 Democrat-led states are challenging a new Trump administration rule designed to block nonprofit and government workers from a student loan cancellation program if federal officials conclude their employer has a “substantial illegal purpose.”
 
The U.S. Department of Education building is photographed in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Government shutdown offers schools a glimpse of life without an Education Department
The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for educators, wondering how long grant money will last and who can help them interpret federal laws.
 
The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, on Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
New Trump administration rule bars student loan relief for public workers tied to ‘illegal’ activity
The Trump administration is forging ahead with plans to eject some nonprofits from a popular student loan forgiveness program if their work is deemed to have an “illegal purpose.”
 
Christopher Quire poses for a portrait Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Princeton, N.J. (AP Photo/Hannah Beier)
Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds
An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions.
 
People climb steps to the Rotunda at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly, File)
University of Virginia strikes deal to pause Trump administration investigations
The U.S. Justice Department has announced an agreement with the University of Virginia to pause civil rights investigations.
 
Pro-Palestinian supporters continue their encampment protest on Vanderbilt University campus Friday, May 3, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, file)
With no takers yet, White House meets with colleges still weighing an agreement with Trump
Five remaining universities have been weighing an offer from President Donald Trump to sign a “compact” for higher education.
 
People walk through University of North Carolina campus March 18, 2020, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
Colleges are fighting to prove their return on investment
For many young Americans, deciding on college has become a complex choice. Increasingly, a main question is whether a degree is worth its cost.
 
Passers-by walk and ride along a path on the campus of Brown University, in Providence, R.I., Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Brown University rejects Trump’s offer for priority funding, citing concerns over academic freedom
Brown University is rejecting a Trump administration proposal that would provide favorable access to funding in exchange for a wide range of commitments.
 
The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement
A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was already hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools.
 
Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
MIT president says she ‘cannot support’ proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits
MIT’s president said she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding.
 
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