Columbia caves to Trump for $400m, authorizes protest arrests and forces demonstrators to identify themselves.
Trump signs long-threatened order to dismantle Education Department as Sen. Cassidy, a physician, vows legislation to fully abolish it.
Trump administration freezes $175M in federal funding to UPenn over transgender athlete policy, despite school following NCAA rules.
Attorneys release video of plainclothes agents arresting activist Mahmoud Khalil; agents refuse to identify themselves.
Oklahoma’s GOP-led education board approved social studies standards directing high school students to question the 2020 election, with language secretly added by Republican Supt. Ryan Walters before the vote.
A second Columbia University student who joined campus protests was arrested for overstaying her student visa.
The Education Dept announced more than 40 universities are now under investigation for allegedly excluding white and Asian American students.
Six GOP congressmen introduced a bill to bar Chinese nationals from U.S. student visas and exchange programs.
The White House told Columbia it must overhaul discipline and admissions policies over its alleged failure to protect Jewish students before restoring $400M in canceled grants and contracts.
Johns Hopkins Univ. has begun laying off more than 2,000 workers after the WH cut USAID funding for programs it administers.
The federal student loans website went offline midday Wednesday, later displaying a “Planned Maintenance” banner after hours of downtime.
Among the Department of Education layoffs: 7 of 12 civil rights offices will close, despite thousands of backlogged cases.
A federal judge blocked the White House from cutting hundreds of millions in teacher training funds after eight states sued.
The Department of Education is firing 50% of workers, offices in NY, Boston, Cleveland, and Chicago to close.
The Education Dept. warned 60 universities, including Harvard and Yale, that they could face penalties from antisemitism investigations.
A Columbia University grad student who led protests against Israel was arrested by ICE and had his green card revoked for “circulating social media posts criticizing Zionism” and organizing a march.
US State Department to launch “Catch and Revoke” AI program to scan foreign students for pro-Palestinian, Hamas sympathies and deport them for being at rallies or events.
Senate confirms Linda McMahon, former wrestling magnate and SBA head, as education secretary by a 51-45 vote.
Ed Secretary nominee Linda McMahon refused to say if a Black history class would be illegal, calling it hypothetical
Trump signed an executive order that will cause K-12 schools and colleges to lose federal funds if they allow trans women to participate in women’s sports
