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Education Secretary Linda McMahon has taken a major step to dismantle the agency. The Trump administration announced a rapid acceleration of its efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education ...

Higher education is at a critical inflection point. Once regarded as the unquestioned path to personal prosperity and societal progress, the traditional university model now faces increasing scrutiny ...

Section 1. Purpose. A group of higher education accreditors are the gatekeepers that decide which colleges and universities American students can spend the more than $100 billion in Federal student ...

President Donald Trump disrupted universities and school districts in 2025 through sheer executive muscle. Now comes the harder part: making sure his policies outlast his presidency. Trump signed a ...

The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws. By Sarah Mervosh and Michael ...

At least 800 education department research employees and outside partners have lost jobs. The cuts will decimate research and data collection. By Dana Goldstein and Sarah Mervosh Deep cuts to staff ...

On the 100th day of President Trump's second term in the White House – a period that has brought sweeping changes to the U.S. education landscape – college and university leaders and policy experts ...

California state officials and some education advocates joined others around the country in condemning a plan announced Tuesday by the Trump administration to disassemble the U.S. Department of ...

Section 1. Background. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the modern world, driving innovation across industries, enhancing productivity, and reshaping the way we live and work. To ...