The state’s elite campuses, prohibited from using race-based admissions for decades, are now admitting more Black and Hispanic students. A new group is suing, arguing the university system is cheating.
The federal lawsuit contends the executive orders — which request potential investigations against large universities and corporations — are unconstitutional.
The U.S. Department of Education is launching an investigation into five universities, including Columbia University, over alleged antisemitic harassment following the tumultuous spring term where pro-Palestine protests escalated on campuses countrywide.
Trump and his allies want to dismantle the 45-year-old agency. But doing so would be more complicated than they say. Former president Donald Trump wants the Education Department gone. A candidate for U.S.