Cheyanne Mumphrey

Parents across the U.S. are experiencing mixed emotions as their children leave home for college or work.

Some colleges are allowing pets in dorms to help students feel more at home. Eckerd College in Florida lets students bring pets like dogs and cats after their first semester.

An increase in the tax on university endowments is creating financial challenges for the wealthiest U.S. colleges.

A deal between Columbia University and the Trump administration calls for the Ivy League school to pay more than $220 million to resolve multiple federal investigations into alleged violations of federal antidiscrimination laws.

Nearly all the members of a board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarships on Wednesday resigned in protest of what they call the Trump administration’s meddling with the selection of award recipients, according to a statement they issued.

President Donald Trump has affirmed the importance of historically Black colleges and universities, and the schools have not faced the kind of pressures that have rocked Ivy League schools Trump has blasted as hotbeds of “wokeness” and antisemitism.

Borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans will no longer be at risk of having their Social Security benefits garnished, an Education Department spokesperson said Tuesday.

Some colleges are canceling graduation ceremonies that recognize individual cultures or groups. The affinity commencement events are the latest casualties of state and federal policy rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

Federal databases show Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal funding compared with this time last year.

A White House official says the Trump administration is planning to halt more than half a billion dollars in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University.