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These college leaders are keeping the heat on in battle with Trump administration – despite settlements by prominent schools
College is the place where many students entering adulthood find their voice. But when it comes to addressing the White House’s ongoing battle with elite higher education, many institutional leaders seem to have lost theirs.
UCLA loses federal research funding in administration’s ongoing fight with top universities
UCLA is the latest major institution of higher learning to see promised research funding snatched away by the Trump administration, the university’s leader said in an open letter to students and faculty Thursday.
An investigation is underway after a fire engulfed a Massachusetts assisted-living facility, killing 9 people. Here’s what we know
Elderly residents – some in wheelchairs and some dependent on oxygen tanks – were blinded by deadly smoke as they tried to escape an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, which caught fire Sunday evening.
Attacks on Harvard by Trump administration have built for months. A timeline of the dispute
Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has made a major push to put America’s elite universities on notice over political ideology. But the groundwork for the White House’s stronger stance was laid more than a year earlier.
Harvard board chair Penny Pritzker emerges as a target in Trump administration’s higher ed fight
The fight between two of America’s most prominent institutions – the federal government and Harvard University – is getting personal.
Attacks on Harvard by Trump administration have built for months. A timeline of the dispute
Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has made a major push to put America’s elite universities on notice over political ideology. But the groundwork for the White House’s stronger stance was laid more than a year earlier.
A Delta flight crashed then flipped upside down while landing in Toronto. Here’s what we know
A Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis crashed, turned upside down and caught fire on the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport while attempting to land Monday, the latest in a string of passenger plane crashes since December.
Former UPenn swimmers sue schools and NCAA for allowing trans athlete to compete
Three former athletes at the University of Pennsylvania women’s swimming program sued the school, the Ivy League Council of Presidents and athletics organizations Tuesday, claiming they violated federal law to allow transgender athlete Lia Thomas to compete against them.
Investigators seek clues in deadly aircraft collision as divers return to frigid river to recover wreckage and remains
Crews working at the site of the deadliest aviation disaster in a generation are balancing two important missions: extracting parts of two aircraft that collided and fell into the Potomac River in Washington, DC, and searching for remains of victims within the wreckage, which is the searchers’ priority.
2 bodies found in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane in Fort Lauderdale, airline says
Two people were found dead in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane from New York City after it landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the airline said Tuesday. It’s the latest in a string of incidents that have raised concerns over airline security.