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Education
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…
A Mysterious Group Says Its Mission Is to Expose Antisemitic Students
On March 24, a shadowy group that calls itself Canary Mission posted a new feature on its website, “Uncovering Foreign Nationals,” in response to President Trump’s recent executive order on…
Opinion | Universities Should Not be Afraid of Contentious Ideas
Inside the auditorium, the event went on as planned. The hundreds of students who remained listened and learned. They peered into a world beyond shouted slogans and curated stories. They…
How Does It Feel to Be an International Student in the U.S. Now?
The New York Times is looking to hear from international students in the United States about how the Trump administration’s immigration policies have affected them. We want to hear your…