Libraries are cutting back on staff and services after Trump's order to dismantle small agency

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/18 8:54A Associated Press

Maine has laid off a fifth of its staff and temporarily closed its state library after not receiving the remainder of its annual funding.

Harvard thought it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta. It turned out to be extremely rare

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/15 2:24A Associated Press

Two researchers have concluded it has something much more valuable — a rare version from 1300 issued by Britain's King Edward I.

Feds say Western Carolina University breaking Trump order on transgender students

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/9 6:00A Justin Pryor

The university faces allegations that include openly refusing to comply with Title IX and ensuring sex-separated intimate spaces.

Trump says his administration is revoking Harvard's tax-exempt status

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/2 5:29A Christina Santucci

“We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status," he wrote on Truth Social. "It’s what they deserve!”

Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net...

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/2 2:40A Associated Press

The document listed more than 150 research projects under consideration for termination by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Supreme Court hears arguments over publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma

Education | Spectrum News 1 4/30 2:41A Associated Press

The case comes to the court amid efforts, mainly in conservative-led states, to insert religion into public schools.

The U.S. government has a new policy for terminating international students' legal status

Education | Spectrum News 1 4/30 2:00A Associated Press

The new policy says students can have their legal status terminated if the State Department revokes their entry visa.

ICE reversing termination of legal status for international students around U.S., lawyer says

Education | Spectrum News 1 4/25 7:54A Associated Press

Judges around the country had already issued temporary orders restoring the students' records in a federal database of international students.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s push to end DEI initiatives in K-12 public schools

Education | Spectrum News 1 4/24 8:05A Associated Press

Lawsuits argue that the guidance is so vague that it leaves schools and educators in limbo about what they may do.

Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools' equity efforts

Education | Spectrum News 1 4/24 2:22A Associated Press

One order called for harder enforcement of a federal law requiring colleges to disclose their financial ties with foreign sources.

Universities call for constructive engagement with Trump administration

Education | Spectrum News 1 4/22 10:31A Spectrum News Staff, Susan Carpe

A letter signed by leaders of dozens of schools including several in North Carolina said political interference is endangering higher education.

Colleges, universities call for constructive engagement with Trump administration

Education | Spectrum News 1 4/22 8:58A Susan Carpenter

A letter signed by dozens of school presidents said political interference is endangering American higher education.

'An emotional loss': UNC Charlotte researchers caught off guard by sudden funding cuts

Education | Spectrum News 1 4/21 12:30A Jennifer Roberts

A research team supporting the LGBTQ+ community is facing uncertainty after funding awarded by the National Institutes of Health was revoked.

A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

Education | Spectrum News 1 4/19 6:05A Associated Press

Some parents in a suburban Maryland county want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters.

UCLA student detained at U.S.-Mexico border amid Trump visa cancellations

Education | Spectrum News 1 4/18 6:25A Will Sayre, Cory Kennedy

The name of the student has not been released, and it is unclear why the student is being detained.