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The Trump administration is cutting money from programs that have supported minority students, including at other universities.

For years, only a small portion of the people experiencing long spells of joblessness were college graduates. That’s starting to change.

Publicolor, a nonprofit, gets teenagers painting. Usually they work in schools, but for a project downtown, they have a different canvas.

Colleges are often the setting, and the target, of the nation’s most heated politics. Charlie Kirk’s work on campuses was one factor.

Vouchers are spurring the growth of low-priced, Christian schools that often serve small populations of students. They’re also pushing up tuition prices.

Two administrators also lost their posts at Texas A&M, an example of how Republican policies meant to curb liberal ideas are reaching into university classrooms.

Gregory Washington, George Mason’s first Black president, runs a university that prizes diversity. That has made him a target of the Trump administration.

The group was to bestow the Sylvanus Thayer Award on the actor, but it said it was canceling the event to focus on preparing academy cadets for the future.

One major reason is said to be an emerging divide within the administration over whether the current framework is too favorable to Harvard.

Many students were cautiously hopeful after a judge said the Trump administration could not freeze research funding to the university. But they also had other things on their minds.

After the Trump administration criticized the use of what it called “racial proxies,” the group behind the SAT shut down a way for universities to identify promising applicants from disadvantaged communities.

The university’s president, Michael Schill, said he would step down following months of turbulence, including Trump administration cuts of $790 million from the university’s research funds.

A judge ruled that the Trump administration broke the law in canceling billions in federal funds for Harvard. Whether the money is returned matters for the rest of higher education.

Higher education is in flux, and students are adjusting to a lot of changes.

President Trump has walked back some significant immigration policies that collide with his economic agenda, angering his far-right allies.

America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.

We can condemn his assassination without mythologizing him.

His tragic shooting death tells us something about America’s culture of violence.

Sampling the outpouring of responses to a column by David Brooks about the shortcomings of the liberal approach to the nation’s ills.

The University of California, Berkeley, told around 160 people that their names were in documents related to antisemitism complaints that were demanded by the Trump administration.

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Children describe positive memories of family time, as well as the darker side of pandemic life online.

School leaders say emotionally based school avoidance is increasing, but what should be done to help?

Huge sums spent on children's residential care in England do not represent value for money, says spending watchdog.

Four second year students give their advice on starting uni to this year's freshers.

Teaching unions say schools are "picking up the pieces" as more children are starting reception without key skills.

The Information Commissioner's Office says schools face an "insider threat" from children as young as seven.

Universities are facing ongoing financial worries, with the regulator saying other mergers could follow.

A new monitoring system will also be introduced, so schools can improve negative grades more quickly.

A recent Supreme Court ruling on biological sex appears to have led to a review of the 2019 guidance.

About 2,000 pupils in Sunderland will benefit from the partnership, education bosses say.

As school returns, we look at a scheme that pairs teenagers with toddlers from a local nursery in a bid to help increase school attendance.

Free childcare support for working parents varies across the UK, depending on the child's age.

Girls are still more likely to pass GCSEs, but why is the gender gap now the lowest on record?

T-levels are equivalent to three A-levels, and focus on practical rather than academic subjects.

Hundreds of thousands of students do the vocational qualifications known as BTecs every year.

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Responding to "exploding" demand, a college in Denver now offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mariachi music. Students learn music and culture, but also business skills to build viable careers.

Responding to "exploding" demand, a college in Denver now offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mariachi music. Students learn music and culture, but also business skills to build viable careers.

Richardson, a former president at Baltimore's Morgan State University, led a lawsuit that ended in a historic settlement for four historically Black colleges and universities in Maryland. He was 81.

Richardson, a former president at Baltimore's Morgan State University, led a lawsuit that ended in a historic settlement for four historically Black colleges and universities in Maryland. He was 81. (Image credit: Morgan State University)

Chancellor Sonya Christian of the California Community College system talks about the impact of funding cuts for students.

Chancellor Sonya Christian of the California Community College system talks about the impact of funding cuts for students.

Should college campuses be open to the outside community? More and more schools are asking that question after campus shootings.

Should college campuses be open to the outside community? More and more schools are asking that question after campus shootings.

Some colleges, seeking to attract more male students, are adding the sport. Research suggests the gains may be short-lived.

Some colleges, seeking to attract more male students, are adding the sport. Research suggests the gains may be short-lived. (Image credit: Miles MacClure)

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Responding to "exploding" demand, a college in Denver now offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mariachi music. Students learn music and culture, but also business skills to build viable careers.

Herb Alpert got his start playing trumpet in L.A.'s public schools. He wants to help make that "magic" possible for students.

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The Nation's Report Card was released for 12th grade math and reading, along with 8th grade science. Scores dipped across the board, following a decade long decline.

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NPR's Student Podcast Challenge received nearly 2,000 entries from all around the country. Here are some of this year's best middle school submissions.