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As international graduate student enrollment falls, US schools scramble to fill the holeEnrollment of graduate students from abroad is plunging at U.S. schools, leaving them with gaping holes in their budgets.
Job training or well-rounded education: Can 3-year college degrees do both?Three-year bachelor鈥檚 degrees are gaining traction in the United States, as they boost affordability and speed up career entry. But do they bypass traditional education goals?
Boston pushes to keep school buses rollingSchool districts nationwide struggle with late buses. In Boston, parents, local officials, and the school district are pressing for accountability.
Millions to see higher student loan payments atop rise in gas, food, healthcare costsStudent loan borrowers are facing a future of higher monthly payments after the court-ordered end of a Biden-era student loan repayment plan.
Already pressured by Trump, Harvard faces grad student workers strikeOver 4,000 graduate students, who teach classes, grade papers, and conduct research went on strike at Harvard on Tuesday morning. They are demanding higher wages and more protections.
What drove Hampshire College to shutter, despite raising $55 millionHampshire College stood out for its nontraditional style, with no grades or majors. The recent announcement of its upcoming closure underscores the financial and demographic pressures facing many small liberal arts colleges.
From music to majors: Hip-hop advances in academiaAs some colleges offer full degrees in hip-hop and others expand course offerings, educators and students believe career paths will keep opening.
Education Department directs student borrowers in SAVE plan to prepare for repaymentLoan servicers will offer borrowers 90 days to pick new repayment plans as part of President Trump's efforts to end Biden-era student debt relief.
Concern on campus as legal sports gambling grows during March MadnessLegal sports gambling is flooding broadcasts with ads during major sporting events like March Madness and reaching a younger audience.
From shuttered print editions to firings, student journalists clash with universitiesAt least six states are considering legislative proposals that protect the First Amendment rights of student journalists. Over the past year, tension between administrators and student newspapers has emerged at several universities.
Epstein scandal prompts universities to rethink donor tiesAs more information about Jeffrey Epstein鈥檚 ties to institutions of higher education comes out, some prominent academics have resigned and several schools are tightening their fundraising practices.
Wealthy universities, facing steep endowment tax hikes, cut PhDs and librariesProminent U.S. universities face steep endowment tax hikes in fiscal year 2026, as a law passed by Congress takes hold. Schools like Yale and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are making cuts now in preparation.聽
3 in 5 US undergrads struggle with basic needs. How some colleges are helping.With more than half of America鈥檚 undergraduates now reporting food or housing insecurity, a new model of support is taking hold on college campuses.
Goodbye, granola bars. Hello, whole milk. How MAHA is reshaping school programs.Schools are imposing new nutrition guidelines and reinstating the Presidential Fitness Test as they adjust to the 鈥淢ake America Healthy Again鈥� agenda in federal policy.
How Trump has battled universities over antisemitism and DEIUniversities聽experienced a federal funding freeze over alleged antisemitism and their policies on diversity. Some cut deals; Harvard sued.
鈥楾he best reporting assignment of my year.鈥� A journalist finds joy in Japan.Education reporter Ira Porter covered a range of issues in 2025 鈥� a year that saw U.S. colleges and universities go head-to-head with the government over funding. His favorite assignment? One that took him to Japan, to explore the influence of studying abroad on Black men.
Most schools are wary of AI. This one is embracing it.Teachers are grappling with how to incorporate artificial intelligence into education. A handful of schools are structuring their programs around the new technology, including a charter school in Hawaii聽which offers a paradigm shift around AI鈥檚 role.
Only 2% of US students who study abroad are Black men. Meet Tremaine Collins, of Tokyo.Study abroad benefits can be life-changing, in terms of retention, economic capital, and upward mobility. So why do so few Black men get that opportunity?聽
Educators for young children are in short supply. How one city is changing that.Finding and keeping educators for America鈥檚 youngest learners can be a challenge. In San Francisco, an apprenticeship model is boosting teaching ranks, while also improving access to child care.
As shutdown sets record, Head Start preschools start closingOn Monday, the first Head Start centers started to close, a result of the now record-setting government shutdown. The program serves 715,000 children and their families a year.
