Federal Workers’ Union Sues Administration Over Partisan Email Language

Department of Education employees this week found that their out-of-office emails during the government shutdown had been edited to include partisan language.

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Billionaire Trump Ally Emerges as Key Broker in Harvard Fight

Stephen A. Schwarzman, the leader of the Blackstone Group, one of the world’s largest investment firms, has taken a direct role in Harvard’s negotiations with the White House.

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Marc Rowan, a Billionaire Financier, Is Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

The conservative ideas behind the Trump administration’s “compact” for universities were developed in part by Marc Rowan, a wealthy financier who has sought to shape higher education.

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Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway.

Duke University kept a low profile. But it is the alma mater of Stephen Miller, a top Trump official who often criticized the school while he was a student.

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Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway.

Duke University kept a low profile. But it is the alma mater of Stephen Miller, a top Trump official who often criticized the school while he was a student.

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Trump Administration Announces New Civics Effort With MAGA-Aligned Groups

President Trump has long sought to imbue the nonpartisan idea of civics — the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizenship — with his politics.

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Education Department Ends Grant Funding Worth $350 Million for Minority-Serving Colleges

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the money supported programs that the administration believes unfairly support minority students.

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Settlement Talks Stall Between Harvard and the Trump Administration

One major reason is said to be an emerging divide within the administration over whether the current framework is too favorable to Harvard.

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Trump Wants Admissions Data on Grades and Race, but Who Will Collect It?

The Trump administration has fired nearly everyone who worked at the federal statistics agency that would collect the data the government is seeking.

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Trump to Require Universities to Submit Data on Applicants’ Race

The administration has become increasingly focused on admissions data in its effort to bring the higher education system in line with President Trump’s political agenda.

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