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News Articles: higher education

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  • Education

More students are going to college. Affordability and workforce training are factors

Overall enrollment is up slightly at colleges and universities, driven by gains at community colleges and public four-year programs.

January 15, 2026
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny

Tagged as: 

  • Education

Students, listen up! NPR's College Podcast Challenge is back for 2025

Our national podcasting contest for college students is now open for entries. Submit your story for a chance to win our $5,000 grand prize, and hear your podcast on NPR.

October 02, 2025
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By:
  • Janet W. Lee and
  • Steve Drummond

Tagged as: 

  • Education

Research, curriculum and grading: new data sheds light on how professors are using AI

It's not just students, more professors are using AI in the classroom. But they say more guidance is needed on how to use the technology.

October 02, 2025
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By:
  • Lee V. Gaines

Tagged as: 

  • Education

Colleges pull back as Trump cuts programs that help migrant students

Since 1972, the CAMP program has helped tens of thousands of migrant students succeed in college. The Trump administration has cut off funding for it, forcing some colleges to reduce or eliminate services.

September 22, 2025
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By:
  • Jordan Owens
Roanoke College linebackers Connor Cox (40) and Austin Fisher (20) watch from the sidelines. This is Roanoke's first season playing varsity football since 1942.

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  • Education

Does adding football help colleges with recruiting? It's complicated

Some colleges, seeking to attract more male students, are adding the sport. Research suggests the gains may be short-lived.

September 13, 2025
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By:
  • Miles MacClure
Students walk up the steps of the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library on the campus of Harvard University.

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  • Education

Trump administration illegally froze billions in Harvard funds, judge rules

The ruling is a legal victory for Harvard but the White House says it will appeal the decision.

September 03, 2025
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo,
  • Cory Turner,
  • and 1 more

Tagged as: 

  • Education

Colleges see significant drop in international students as fall semester begins

Delays and increased screenings for visas mean that many students didn't make it to campus on time – and that has some big implications for the economy.

August 29, 2025
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny
Geraldlynn Stewart poses for a portrait outside her home in New Orleans East.

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  • Education

A 'college for all' push thrived in New Orleans after Katrina. It wasn't for everyone

After Hurricane Katrina, many New Orleans charter schools united in a mission to send more students to college. Today, some of those students, now adults, wish they'd been given more options.

August 27, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Carr

Tagged as: 

  • Education

These programs help poor students with college. Trump wants to pull the funding

For 60 years, TRIO has helped millions of people along the path to a degree, but the administration says it is no longer needed.

August 22, 2025
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By:
  • Michael Vasquez
Thursday's move would compel colleges and universities to report more detail about not just the students they enroll but also about those who apply.

Tagged as: 

  • Education

Trump orders colleges to share admissions data, with an eye on affirmative action

Thursday's move would compel colleges to report more data about the students they enroll and those who apply, including applicants' race and standardized test scores.

August 07, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner

Tagged as: 

  • Education

Today is the last day for many Education Department workers. Here's what they did

Employees across multiple divisions agree: They can't imagine how the department will fulfill its legal obligations with roughly half its staff gone.

August 01, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters face off outside of Columbia University on April 22, 2024.

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  • Education

What we know about Columbia's $221 million settlement with the Trump administration

The complex settlement allowed both sides to claim victory. It gives the university access to federal funds that had been frozen, and restores some terminated contracts.

July 25, 2025
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny and
  • Jordan Owens
Statue of Atlas holding giant gaduate cap. Student loan problems, expensive education concept. Vector illustration.

Tagged as: 

  • Education

What borrowers should know about student loan changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill

Now that President Trump has signed Republicans' massive overhaul of the federal student loan program, we explain what's set to change.

July 24, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner
Students walk through Harvard Yard.

Tagged as: 

  • Education

Lawyers for Harvard and Trump square off in court in Boston

With more than $2 billion in federal research grants at stake, the two sides argued before a federal judge about the legality of the White House's cancellation of those funds to Harvard.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Piper-Vallillo and
  • Elissa Nadworny

Tagged as: 

  • Education

What the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' will change for students, schools and colleges

School vouchers are going national and the federal student loan system is getting an overhaul. Here's what to know.

July 18, 2025
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo,
  • Cory Turner,
  • and 1 more
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