College-prep programs for the poor slashed in Trump’s budget
Harry L. Williams had no doubt he was going to college, even though his parents never attended and could offer no guidance on applying or enrolling.
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Harry L. Williams had no doubt he was going to college, even though his parents never attended and could offer no guidance on applying or enrolling.
In a win for old-fashioned paper books, new research has found children with access to a range of e-reading devices are less likely to read.
Hampshire students accused of attacking Central Maine Community College students over braids in their hair. Conflict is latest over contested adoption of one culture's styles by another.
Medical research funding bodies are “not doing enough” to reduce wasteful grant spending, according to the co-author of a study investigating the issue.
The Trump administration is seeking to cut $9.2 billion — or 13.5 percent — from the Education Department’s budget, a dramatic downsizing that would reduce or eliminate grants for teacher training, after-school programs and aid to low-income and first-generation college students.
An educational institution in Dalian in Northeast China’s Liaoning province, has begun teaching foreigners the Chinese language using the letters of the Roman alphabet.
Academics should stop using the term “reading list” because it leads to a over-reliance on paper-based books and sidelines online learning materials, a senior university librarian has argued.
By cutting a third of program's surplus and slashing other aid programs, Trump administration's first budget would imperil college access, advocates argue.
Applying for financial aid for college got a lot harder this month, in the thick of application season, but it took federal agencies nearly a week to explain what was happening.
Stripping universities of a marker of elite status hits their reputation and causes them to lose students, but the benefits of conferring it in the first place are negligible, evidence suggests.