Justice Dept. Sues California Over College Benefits for Undocumented Students

The lawsuit is the third filed by the Justice Department against the state in a week.

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John Beam, Football Coach Who Was Focus of Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U,’ Is Shot

The coaching fixture John Beam was gravely wounded in a shooting at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., a commuter school where he is athletic director, according to a city councilman.

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What College Students Are Worried About Right Now

As political battles upend college campuses, we asked dozens of students what is on their minds as they plan for the future. Politics was only part of it.

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Colleges Face a Reckoning: Is a Degree Really Necessary?

Wyoming is one of many states that embraced a campaign to encourage more people to enroll in higher education. Some leaders and students wonder if they reached a limit.

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The Typical American College Student Is Not Who You Think It Is

As a fight over the future of elite higher education consumes university leaders and politicians, most college students live in a very different world with very different challenges.

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Tribal Colleges Rely on Federal Funding. Their Leaders Fear the Trump Years.

As the Trump administration has publicly targeted elite universities, it has also quietly pursued funding cuts for the nation’s tribal colleges, which rely on federal dollars to operate.

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‘Clash of Trades’ Reality Show Aims to Boost Prestige of US Manufacturing

This reality show is short on scandal, betrayal and tears, and has an unusual aim: Elevating U.S. manufacturing.

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Community Colleges Have Been Hit by Trump’s War on Elite Universities

Measures intended to punish elite universities are inflicting collateral damage on the nation’s two-year colleges, which educate 40 percent of all undergraduates.

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What Trump’s Big Bill Means for Colleges, Student Loans and Grants

Social work majors might struggle to get student loans. University endowments would be more heavily taxed. But students in some training programs would become eligible for Pell Grants.

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How Crises on Colleges Campuses Might Affect Students

The largest-ever class of high school seniors is about to graduate, just as colleges are facing massive upheaval. Here’s what they could face as they head to campus.

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