Education

A letter from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), appointed this spring to the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, requests a “full review” of the program’s purported “political imbalance.”

Jewish students at George Washington University filed a federal lawsuit on June 2, 2025, alleging pervasive antisemitic harassment by faculty and students, violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

A federal early education training program has come under scrutiny for promoting concepts of racial bias and gender ideology in preschool classrooms.

Harvard Honors took on a controversial meaning during the 2025 Divinity School commencement when graduate Zehra Imam used her faculty-approved platform to praise Elom Tettey-Tamaklo, a fellow student charged with assaulting an Israeli classmate during a pro-Palestinian protest.

Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, the nation's future queen, finds her academic future at Harvard University uncertain due to the Trump administration's recent showdown with the university over foreign students.

San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) has scrapped its controversial "Grading for Equity" initiative just one day after unveiling it, following swift backlash from parents, educators, and political leaders.

Smith College faced controversy after musician and activist Evelyn Harris returned her honorary degree following revelations that she plagiarized significant portions of her commencement speech.

The United States is working to remove Chinese students' visas for those studying at American universities.

The Trump administration has given Harvard University 30 days to respond to the ban on foreign students.

The U.S. Department of Education has launched a federal investigation into California State Polytechnic University, (Cal Poly) Humboldt, following allegations that administrators advised Jewish students to "hide their Jewish identity to avoid being targeted."