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Education
Opinion | A Playbook for Law Firms and Colleges to Stand Up to President Trump
In his attacks on law firms, universities and other American institutions, President Trump is relying on an illusion. The illusion is that the institutions are powerless to fight back and…
Boston Faces Identity Crisis Amid Trump’s Cuts to University and Research Funding
For generations, students and researchers from around the world have flocked to Boston, drawn not just to a college or university but to a region where high-minded intellectual life was…
Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers
The Supreme Court on Friday let the Trump administration temporarily suspend $65 million in teacher-training grants that the government contends would promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, an early victory…
Judge Permanently Bars N.I.H. From Limiting Medical Research Funding
A federal judge permanently barred the Trump administration on Friday from limiting funding from the National Institutes of Health that supports research at universities and academic medical centers, restoring billions…
How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?
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…
Trump Administration Threatens to Withhold Funds From Public Schools
The Trump administration threatened on Thursday to withhold federal funding from public schools unless state education officials verified the elimination of all programs that it said unfairly promoted diversity, equity…
Opinion | Standardized Tests Let Us Know if Our Kids Are Learning
Unfortunately, Linda McMahon, the education secretary, agrees with President Trump’s executive order that the Department of Education should go away, but she hasn’t stopped there. As a consequence of the…
Princeton Senior, Accused of Assault During Protest, Is Found Not Guilty
Tension had been building at Princeton University as pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied a white-columned, Greek Revival-style building at the center of campus and the police moved in. An angry crowd had…
Cornell Student Who Faced Deportation Says He Left the U.S.
A British-Gambian Ph.D. student at Cornell University who had faced possible deportation after participating in pro-Palestinian protests said on Monday that he had left the United States. The student, Momodou…