Why Harvard Decided to Fight Trump
The Trump administration will freeze over $2 billion in federal funds because Harvard refused to comply with a list of demands. Harvard leaders believed saying no was worth the risk.
SATURDAY, 26 APRIL 2025, 10:41
The Trump administration will freeze over $2 billion in federal funds because Harvard refused to comply with a list of demands. Harvard leaders believed saying no was worth the risk.
President Trump is trying to influence which colleges receive federal financial support, a practice that began around the time of World War II.
Schools run by the Defense Department removed books and made other changes in response to orders from President Trump and his secretary of defense.
Harvard has rejected an effort by the White House to exert more control over its programs. Federal law prohibits the president from telling the I.R.S. to conduct specific tax investigations.
Parents in England, Wales and Scotland are being told which primary school their children will be going to.
It may be a turning point in the White House’s attempt to gut allegedly liberal universities and punish law firms
It might come to be seen as the moment the “woke liberal empire” of Donald Trump’s most fevered imaginings struck back.
Harvard University, the world-renowned institution emblematic of the elitism that Trump and his coterie hold in contempt, received a extortive demand from the...
Data shows England’s 200 leading independent schools devote fraction of fee income to supporting poorer pupils
England’s wealthiest private schools devote only a small fraction of their income towards means-tested bursaries, according to research that undermines claims that adding VAT to school fees would decimate support for poorer pupils.
The Private Education Policy Forum (PEPF), a thinktank...
National Education Union members call for funds to be used to help campaign against Reform UK candidates.
[Vanguard] –A final year Higher National Diploma, HND, student of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state, popularly known as John has died.
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National Education Union calls Reform UK ‘far-right and racist’ as it pledges funds to opposite Reform in elections
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Delegates to the National Education Union’s annual...
The amount of funding families can access to pay for therapy for adopted children has been cut by 40%.
The Blavatnik School of Government is closed for almost a week to fix damage caused by the bird.
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[This Day] Abuja — Investigations by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) have revealed alleged unethical practices in the disbursement of the federal government’s student loan fund by several tertiary institutions across the country.
Mohsen Mahdawi, residente legal permanente, vive hace 10 años en Estados Unidos y fue detenido en Vermont. No ha sido acusado de ningún delito.
[Egypt Online] Egypt’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ayman Ashour has met with President of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Jan Danckaert in Brussels to explore opportunities for academic and research cooperation.
Teachers in England will vote on whether or not to strike if the government stands by its pay offer.
A panel hears a teacher showed a Sinbad film where an actor had blackface make-up to Year 6 pupils.
[Liberian Observer] A group of former students from the Department of Economics at the University of Liberia (UL), who graduated during the 104 Commencement Convocation have donated 60 high-quality wooden chairs to the University, fulfilling a pledge to cease the burden associated with sitting at the University.