The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.

Students face uncertainty, large tuition bills and emotional distress when policy changes strip them of access to in-state tuition prices.

Jay Bhattacharya insists he wants to restore trust in the National Institutes of Health. Current and former agency employees say he’s doing the opposite.

A branch campus of the University of Arizona College of Medicine will open next July in the Gila River Indian Community, according to a news release from the university. It will be the first U.S. medi...

A new English-only rule could transform preschool for many thousands of children

The Native Forward Scholars Fund, a major scholarship provider and support organization for Indigenous students, is turning a multimillion-dollar gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott into a perman...

A late-night directive from the White House budget office Monday that froze streams of federal dollars that pay for everything from school lunches to university research stunned the child care and education landscape. After widespread confusion, the administration clarified that some education aid would not be affected, specifying Pell Grants and federal student loans. In addition, according to Education Department spokeswoman Madi Biedermann, the pause does not affect Title I funding that supports K-12 schools with many low-income students, IDEA grants for students with disabilities or other so-called formula grants.

Several programs, such as Pell Grants, Title I funding for low-income schools and special education funding are not subject to the federal freeze.

Privacy laws may offer some protection, but students still fear they or their families could be deported

Privacy laws may offer some protection, but students still fear they or their families could be deported

America is about to go over the ‘demographic cliff’

Rural Americans already have less access to higher education than people in cities and suburbs. Now the comparatively few universities serving rural students are cutting large numbers of programs and...

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