Education

As federal agencies prepare to enact their contingency plans for a shutdown, this is where the public could notice changes in the coming days.

A judge found that Ethan Crumbley, who at 15 killed four high school students, had little chance of rehabilitation.

Students have said that they want more benefits for undergraduate workers, including stipends, scheduling policies and protections against discipline.

Young adults are struggling to keep up their credit scores and paying an increasing amount of disposable income servicing their debts.

Darryl George and his mother filed a federal lawsuit after the teenager was suspended because his hairstyle violated a school district dress code.

JoAnne A. Epps, who was appointed in April, was taken to a hospital after she became ill at a memorial service on the university’s campus in Philadelphia.

The Supreme Court ruling barring race-conscious admissions at civilian colleges should apply to the U.S. Military Academy as well, the lawsuit argues.

Responding to critics, the publication made its biggest changes to its method in four decades. But it’s unclear whether that is enough to quiet the naysayers.

Vassar, which is coeducational now, has maintained a gender-based pay gap for two decades, current and former female professors say in a recently filed lawsuit.

The woman’s allegation led to the expulsion of Saifullah Khan, who was acquitted in a criminal trial. His lawsuit is now challenging these disciplinary hearings.

“I was infuriated,” the mother of the student said. “I was angry, and I’ve been angry ever since.” A lawyer for one of the principals claims his client had nothing to do with the meme.

What ideological policing looks like now and perhaps in the future.

The revolt against the rankings has gone only so far. Some officials see little harm in cooperating, and what would dropping out do anyway?

She was the keynote speaker at the 60th anniversary of the Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed four young girls at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.

Stephen Kershnar, who teaches philosophy, is suing for the right to return to SUNY at Fredonia. The university defends its ban as necessary for safety.

Bharat Ramamurti supported the president’s competition agenda and pushed the administration to do more for student borrowers and salaried workers

New York’s public university system is starting a program that uses simple strategies, like transportation money, to keep students enrolled and on the path to graduation.

Yoel Inbar, a psychology professor, thought he might be teaching at U.C.L.A., but his reservations about diversity statements got him in trouble.

In a new book, Cara Fitzpatrick traces the rise of the movement to expand public funding for privately operated institutions.

Lucy Calkins ran a beloved — and criticized — center at Teachers College for four decades. It is being dissolved.

For decades, the university required students seeking medical leaves to withdraw and reapply. A campus suicide set off a cascade of revisions.

The state attorney general had sued the Chino Valley Unified School District and said its policy could lead to “forced outing.”

The Classic Learning Test emphasizes the Western canon and Christian thought. It’s the latest move by Gov. Ron DeSantis to shake up the education establishment.

Danelo Cavalcante escaped from a prison near Philadelphia on Thursday, days after receiving a life sentence for homicide. The authorities said he had been spotted near homes.

Attendance at school has come to feel more optional than it did before the pandemic.

What matters when choosing a school? How should you compare options? And what’s the best strategy for getting your first choice?

The first high school seniors to apply to college since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision are trying to sort through a morass of conflicting guidance.

To get the maximum value out of those few golden years, treat them like leisure in the truest sense of the word.

A.I. chatbots could facilitate plagiarism on college applications or democratize student access to writing help. Or maybe both.

There are no winners in the game of censorship.