Announcement follows the departure of 400 staff members last year as efforts to close budget black hole continue Read more

Linda McMahon was nominated on Tuesday by President-elect Donald J. Trump as education secretary. The businesswoman is co-chair of Trump’s transition team and led the Small Business Administration under his first term as president. Read more

The college, in the Jackson suburb of Clinton, will become Mississippi Christian University beginning with its bicentennial in 2026. It said in an announcement that the new name emphasizes the school’s status as a comprehensive university while keeping the MC logo and identity. Read more

Addressing students who voted for President Donald Trump, a Louisiana State University law professor told his class that black students do not feel “comfortable” or “welcome here,” according to a video on Gov. Jeff Landry’s Instagram page. Read more

The federal aid form could officially launch this week. Hopes for a smooth financial aid cycle, and the Education Department’s chance at redemption, are on the line. Read more

Ex-HKU law professor receives longest sentence to date under controversial national security law Read more

Students could ‘come out with an environmental studies degree and really not know anything more than a high school student about actual science,’ one scholar says Read more

Andrew Romano can’t remember having a single conversation with his physics professor sophomore year. Read more

In the span of just over a month, three private colleges and the entire University of Massachusetts system announced it would begin free tuition programs to attract students to their schools. But why now? Read more

Campaigners want anti-racist content to be embedded in curriculum and for Black history to be compulsory subject Read more