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The Department of Education has undergone various changes, including closing regional offices of its Office for Civil Rights, since 2025. J. David Ake/Getty Images

What civil rights enforcement cuts mean for students with disabilities – fewer staff, closed offices, longer waits

Filing a civil rights complaint with the Office of Civil Rights can be parents’ last stop. Following cuts and restructuring, this federal office is no longer serving that same resource.
Graduation day at University of Brescia (Italy), which is affiliated with Unita, one of several programs co-funded by the EU supporting higher education communities and designed to promote European citizenship and identity. Paradise at risk/Shutterstock

Nearly 30 years after Erasmus, university alliances are reshaping Europe’s higher education landscape but still lack visibility

Greater awareness of common EU values is needed to foster educational ties between higher education institutional systems across the continent.
Close to 1 in 4 students in the U.S. do not attend school for at least 10% of the academic year. Antonio Hugo Photo/Moment via Getty Images

Nearly 1 in 4 students are chronically absent from school – kids who feel happy and safe are less likely to miss class

Research on absenteeism often focuses on factors like unreliable transportation, overlooking what schools themselves can do to help kids maintain a steady attendance record.
Only three universities agreed to the higher education compact, which offered benefits in federal funding in exchange for major policy and administrative changes at schools. Alina Naumova/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Trump offered a restrictive deal to universities that almost all rejected – but the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education may not be entirely dead

The Trump administration is reportedly working on a revised version of the higher education proposal.
A principal welcomes students. Generative AI is coming to schools, leaving administrators and teachers to figure out how to implement the technologies. Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

When it comes to developing policies on AI in K‑12, schools are largely on their own

The current landscape of AI use in K-12 schools is highly varied because there’s little specific policy guidance from the state and federal levels.
Amid a complicated federal financial aid system, Pell Grants are the largest source of federal funds for college that students do not have to repay. iStock/Getty Images Plus

Trump isn’t cutting Pell Grants, after all − but other changes could complicate financial aid for some students

Recent changes to federal financial aid create a new type of Pell Grant and reduce debt limits for graduate and part-time students. An education expert walks through what prospective students should know.
Students, parents and others gather outside the White House to press the Biden administration to release updated Title IX rules on Dec. 5, 2023. Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for National Women's Law Center

Title IX’s effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assault is at risk − a law professor explains why

Recent changes to the federal law that bans sexual discrimination in education could make life tougher for students who experience sexual assault or harassment.
While other presidential administrations have issued ‘Dear Colleague’ letters to schools, the Trump administration is the first to treat the letter like a law that mandates action. iStock/Getty Images Plus

Trump has promised to eliminate funding to schools that don’t nix DEI work – but half of the states are not complying

Trump’s February 2025 ‘Dear Colleague’ letter instructed all schools that receive federal funding to rid their programming and policies of all DEI ideology, or else risk losing money.

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