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Education Department rescinds disparate impact regulations
Civil rights advocates say students of color will be harmed by the removal of the tool used to investigate racial…
EEOC drops bid to press Penn for Jewish employee information
The Ivy League institution had fought the demand in court, citing workers’ privacy and the extensive…
The fine art of talking about college budgets
Better financial communication can bolster transparency, experts said at the National Association of College and…
Trump officials plan to shift more research funding to individual scientists
In a wide-ranging memo, they also directed federal agencies to experiment with models other than peer-review for…
Ctrl+F: Federal agencies used keyword searches to nix grants en masse, court records show
The National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and other agencies cut awards over terms like…
House education committee advances bill to define sex as ‘biological’
The Republican-led Title IX Clarification Act would narrow the definition under the sex-based anti-discrimination…
‘A more defensive posture’: College finance leaders navigate a turbulent policy world
Experts discussed loan caps, federal probes and other shifts at the National Association of College and University…
Appeals court rejects Education Department’s bid to delay borrower defense decisions
The ruling is the latest in the long-running Sweet v. McMahon settlement, which promises timely decisions…
Out of reach? Adults grade colleges on their affordability.
A Lumina Foundation and Gallup survey found widespread cost concerns — but most parents still want their…
DOJ alleges UC San Diego illegally uses race in medical school admissions
The highly selective medical school is the third in the University of California system to face such an accusation…