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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Why Won’t Some Colleges Publish Their Common Data Sets?

The Common Data Set can help prospective students know how much aid they could get to pay for college. Why don’t all schools provide it?

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Jerry Seinfeld Compares ‘Free Palestine’ Movement to K.K.K., Report Says

The comments at a Duke University event this week have rankled student activists, who said they fostered a hostile environment on campus.

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Trump Administration Freezes $108 Million in Funds to Duke University

The university was accused of racial discrimination in its health care system, the latest high-profile school targeted and stripped of federal funding.

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Tuition Increases and Layoffs Are Coming to a Broad Set of Universities

Schools say the Trump administration’s cuts to higher education are forcing them to consider extreme cost-cutting measures, even as more students than ever are heading to college this year.

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When College Graduates Throw Away Expensive Things, Scavengers Dive In

For local scavengers, graduation season is a great time to salvage expensive household items and luxury goods abandoned by departing students.

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Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine

The termination is the latest in a series of cuts to H.I.V. research and programs to prevent the disease.

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A Mathematical ‘Fever Dream’ Hits the Road

Meet “Mathemalchemy,” a traveling math-meets-art installation coming eventually to a dimension near you.

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As Trump Targets Universities, Schools Plan Their Counteroffensive

Universities are hiring lobbyists connected to Republicans and opening offices in Washington to argue their causes amid threats to funding.

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