Education Department Investigates Scholarships for DACA Students

The department said it was examining whether universities that provide financial help for children who arrived in the country as undocumented immigrants are discriminating against U.S. citizens.

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Harvard Creates New Public Service Program, as Trump Slashes Federal Jobs

The Kennedy School will award scholarships to at least 50 students, in hopes of fostering careers in government service.

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Recipients of a U.S. Climate Science Fellowship Are Put on Unpaid Leave

Researchers in the NOAA program were furloughed because funds to pay them were not available.

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Dimming America’s Beacons to the World

Readers respond to articles about setbacks to the Fulbright program and Voice of America. Also: Senator Alex Padilla, handcuffed.

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Chinese Students Reconsider the U.S. as Republicans Threaten Their Visas

Critics say proposals to restrict or even ban Chinese student visas take a “sledgehammer to a problem that needs highly targeted tools.”

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The Formerly Incarcerated Person Who Turned Down Columbia’s Ph.D. Offer

After 30 years in prison, Ibrahim Rivera was headed to the Ivy League. Then he realized that because of Trump administration threats, the university could not guarantee his funding would survive.

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Workers at Wilson Center Put on Leave as Trump Seeks Shutdown

About 130 employees of the Wilson Center were told they were being put on leave, just four days after workers for Elon Musk’s team entered the center.

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Center for Art and Advocacy Opens Showcase for Formerly Incarcerated Artists

The nonprofit Center for Art and Advocacy, designed as a steppingstone to the art world, opens a public exhibition and education space in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

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Study Abroad Funding Is Paused, Leaving Some Students Stranded

The Trump administration stopped State Department funding for scholarships like the Fulbright. Weeks later, it is still unclear when it may resume.

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Education Dept. Gives Schools Two Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs

The department’s Office for Civil Rights warned that it would penalize schools that consider race in scholarships, hiring and an array of other activities.

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