New York City's Columbia University announced Monday that it would cancel its main end-of-year event, or commencement, scheduled for May 15. The decision comes after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that have disrupted the second half of the school...
Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City; the University of California, Berkeley; Brown University in Rhode Island and others are calling on their leaders to divest from Israel. That means the students want their universities to sel...
Police have removed encampments, released tear gas and arrested protesters on college campuses around the United States. At Columbia University, New York City police twice came to the school to arrest those who set up camps and occupied a building to...
American college officials in New York City and Los Angeles have asked police to remove protesters occupying college buildings and grounds over the past few weeks. Overnight, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) officials asked police to step...
See if you know the answer to this riddle: I have been around for a very long time. Longer than toys, dogs, or anyone you know. My roots go back many centuries. Some of them even longer. I can connect you to the past, the present and the future. I ma...
New York City police recently arrested students at Columbia University who were protesting the war between Israel and Hamas. The University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles canceled a graduation speech by the school's valedictorian, who is...
Minnesota is one of several states where lawmakers are considering laws to make it harder for people to get books removed from public libraries. The Washington and Maryland state legislatures have already passed laws this year, while Illinois did so...
Activists Want US to Re-think Student Visa Policies for Africans Activists say visa denial rates for African students seeking higher education in the United States are too high. Fanta Aw is executive director of NAFSA: Association of International Ed...
US Librarians Fear Penalties, Prison over Book Bans An illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood's book The Handmaid's Tale was released in 2019. The book is widely considered a classic work about the oppression of women. An illustrated version of the b...
Top US Colleges Will Cost $90,000 or More; Most Students Pay Less The cost of attending a top college in the United States could be as much as $95,000 this year. That total includes tuition as well as meals and living space at the school. But college...
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What Will Students Tell Colleges on Their Applications This Year? Students like Jeannie Tarnue of Annandale, Virginia, have a chance to say a lot about themselves on their college applications. They can tell about classroom success that came from lon...
Study: Free School Meals Linked to Reduction in Childhood Obesity Research published in March found that a free meal program in schools was connected with a reduction in childhood obesity in the United States. Anna Localio and Jessica Jones-Smith fro...
Germany Aims to Increase Educational Choices for Its Youth Many European countries have programs that help place students in careers at a young age. In Germany, some students move into education programs at the age of 10. The goal is to prepare them...
Australia Tightens Visa Rule for Foreign Students Australia will soon begin enforcing stricter visa rules for foreign students. The move comes as official data showed migration hit another record high. The new rules took effect on March 23. The rules...
