In a press release issued this morning, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it was launching civil rights ...

Under Trump’s directive the Department of Education laid off half its staff. The lawsuit argues Trump has no authority to ...

The schools may be violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by partnering with an organization that gives doctoral students insight toward obtaining a Ph.D. but limits eligibility based on race.

Several universities across Massachusetts and New England are the subject of new investigations launched under President ...

A vote by regents put the university among roughly 140 colleges that have adopted similar policies since the 2023 attack on ...

Tuesday’s layoffs largely affected the Federal Student Aid office, which saw one of the biggest slashes to its staff. Vargas ...

U.S. Department of Education is investigating higher ed institutions for alleged use of ‘racial preferences and stereotypes.’ ...

The investigation of 45 colleges — including New York University, Cornell and Rutgers — stems from the schools allegedly running a Ph.D program that discriminates based on skin color, a violation ...

Democratic state attorneys general sued to block the Trump administration from dismantling the department, or laying off roughly half of its staff.

President Trump’s campaign to end DEI programs nationwide is now targeting more than 50 universities for alleged racial discrimination.

The colleges include major public universities such as Arizona State and Ohio State, along with prestigious private schools like Yale and Cornell.

Under Trump’s directive the Department of Education laid off half its staff. The lawsuit argues Trump has no authority to make such drastic changes.