Higher Education In Us

Trump offers all colleges preferential funding plan rejected by MIT

The move expands President Donald Trump's latest pressure tactic beyond the relatively small circle of elite colleges and research universities that have so far been his administration's targets

White House proposes new rules for colleges to gain funding advantage

The "Compact for Academic Excellence" offers universities federal loans, grants, research funding, scholar visas, and tax benefits if they follow new Trump administration rules

Teachers' unions, NAACP sue to stop Trump's plan to abolish Education Dept

Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who is named in both suits, and Trump acknowledge that congressional action is needed to eliminate the department established by Congress in 1979

Explained: Why does Trump want to shut down US education department?

Trump wants to shut down the US Education Department. Find out why he's targeting it, what's at stake, and what this means for schools, students, and states

Colleges around US navigate President Trump's DEI crackdown with caution

In Boston, Northeastern University renamed a programme for underrepresented students, emphasising belonging for all. In New Jersey, a session at Rutgers University catering to students from historically Black colleges had to be abruptly cancelled. And around the US, colleges are assessing programme names and titles that could run afoul of a Trump administration crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. New White House orders ban DEI policies in programmes that receive federal money. Across higher education, institutions rely on federal funding for research grants, projects and contract work. As they figure out how to adapt, some schools are staying quiet out of uncertainty, or fear. President Donald Trump has called for compliance investigations at some schools with endowments over $1 billion. Others have vowed to stand firm. The president of Mount Holyoke College, a liberal arts school in Massachusetts, said she hopes colleagues in higher education will not capitu

Proxy war, campus politics led to Harvard president's resignation

But Gay's resignation on Tuesday secured their movement a signal victory at the country's most storied private university, which had for weeks resisted calls for a change in leadership

Falling rupee, rising costs, job insecurity dampen study-abroad sentiment

Mass layoffs by tech biggies add to concern, but demand from non-metros robust

US higher education needs reform despite relief from student loans: Experts

According to Laurence Vance, a columnist and policy adviser for the Future of Freedom Foundation, "the government should not be in the student loan business in the first place."

Fall 2021 sees 4% uptick in international student enrollments in the US

Fall 2021 semester admissions mostly took place in August-September when international student influx resumed after the second Covid-19 wave began subsiding in several nations

What the oversupply of social science PhDs means for universities

Will universities continue to offer permanent faculty positions as they offer courses remotely, asks TCA Srinivasa Raghavan.

Five reasons why Chinese students may stop studying in US, return home

A sharp decline in the number of these students would spell financial trouble for US colleges and universities, given that Chinese students spend $15 billion in tuition payments

Decline in foreign students hurts America's future

Trump's pro-travel ban reaction to London attacks, has made international students feel unwelcome