Top colleges in the cross hairs of President Trump have sharply increased their spending on lobbying, according to an analysis by The New York Times. Ten universities that have been…
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Education
Emerging From a Collective Silence, Universities Organize to Fight Trump
The Trump administration’s swift initial rollout of orders seeking more control over universities left schools thunderstruck. Fearing retribution from a president known to retaliate against his enemies, most leaders in…
International Students Worry Even as Trump Temporarily Restores Some Legal Statuses
When Karl Molden, a sophomore at Harvard University from Vienna, learned that the Trump administration had abruptly restored thousands of international students’ ability to legally study in the United States,…
Who’s Speaking at College Graduations Across the U.S.?
The federal government has investigated prominent universities, paused grant funding and revoked student visas. And still, it is graduation season on American campuses, where thousands of young adults will soon…
U.S. Restores Legal Status for Many International Students, but Warns of Removals to Come
The Trump administration on Friday abruptly moved to restore thousands of international students’ ability to study in the United States legally, but immigration officials insisted they could still try to…
Courts Block Trump From Withholding School Funds Over D.E.I., for Now
President Trump was dealt a setback in his plans for American public education, as three federal judges issued separate rulings on Thursday pausing his ability to withhold funds from schools…
Minnesota Man Aditya Harsono Whose Student Visa Was Revoked Talks About Detainment
Recent videos on social media showing immigration agents taking people into custody unnerved Aditya Harsono, who had himself come to this country from Indonesia on a student visa. But he…
Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting University Accreditors, and Other Education Orders
President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order targeting college accreditors, a group of largely unknown but long-established companies that evaluate the educational quality and financial health of universities. The…
Columbia Activist Arrested by ICE at His Appointment for Citizenship
Mohsen Mahdawi, an organizer of pro-Palestinian demonstrations last year at Columbia University, was detained by immigration officials on Monday after arriving for an appointment in Vermont that he thought was…
Harvard’s Decision to Resist Trump Is ‘of Momentous Significance’
Harvard University is 140 years older than the United States, has an endowment greater than the G.D.P. of nearly 100 countries and has educated eight American presidents. So if an…