Tag: Student
Trump Administration Halts Interviews for Student and Exchange Visas
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a cable ordering the pause as the department seeks an overhaul of its review of applicants’ social media account [...]
Justices Allow School to Bar Student From Wearing ‘Only Two Genders’ Shirt
Conservative justices dissented as the Supreme Court denied review in that case and one on religious objections to mining on sacred Indian land.
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Animoca’s Yat Siu says student loans can supercharge DeFi growth
Bringing student loans onchain would increase the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) by more than four times, supercharging the [...]
Trump Administration Cancels $1 Billion in Grants for Student Mental Health
Congress authorized the money in a bipartisan breakthrough around addressing gun violence after a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, k [...]
Trump Threatens Chicago School Funding Over Black Student Success Plan
The Education Department’s civil rights office is investigating whether the program, which helps Black students do better academically, is racially di [...]
Justices Appear Skeptical of School District in Student Disability Rights Case
The case is being watched closely by disability rights groups, which warned that arguments by a school district could threaten broader protections for [...]
Trump Administration Reverses Course on Student Visa Cancellations
The sudden shift came as a reprieve for the more than 1,500 international students who have had their visas canceled in recent weeks.
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Trump Threatens to Block International Students Unless Harvard Shares Student Data
The demand from the Department of Homeland Security is an escalation in President Trump’s fight against Harvard, the country’s oldest and richest univ [...]
Meet the 23-Year-Old Student Who Raised $25 Million in Democratic Losses
A law student in Florida has a lucrative side gig: fund-raising consultant. His firm earns a 25 percent cut of “profit” from donations, and critics ha [...]
Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media
The order comes as President Trump expands deportation efforts, including of students who have spoken out in support of Palestinians during Israel’s w [...]
Cornell Student Who Faced Deportation Says He Left the U.S.
Momodou Taal, a Ph.D. student who had been suspended by the university after participating in pro-Palestinian protests, said he “took the decision to [...]
Fraud experts brought in over student loan allegations
André Rhoden-PaulBBC NewsGetty ImagesThe education secretary has asked counter-fraud experts to lead an investigation into reports of millions of pou [...]
ICE Tells a Cornell Student Activist to Turn Himself In
The student, who is from Gambia and was involved in pro-Palestinian activism on campus, was told to report to the immigration agency’s offices.
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ICE Tells a Cornell Student Activist to Turn Himself In
The student, who is from Gambia and was involved in pro-Palestinian activism on campus, was told to report to the immigration agency’s offices.
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Trump Cleaves Student Loan and Special Education Services From Education Dept.
President Trump said Friday that he was tasking other government entities with core functions of the Education Department as he works to dismantle an [...]