Department of Education - Page 2

The U.S. Education Department has revealed that top universities, such as Cornell, MIT, and Georgetown, have failed to disclose billions of dollars they have accepted in foreign funds. Universities have failed to report at least $6.5 billion to the government according to the report, including money from the Chinese government, Huawei, and other countries.

The attorney for a Fordham University student that was disciplined by administrators over a photo he posted to Instagram alleged in a recent court filing that the University has undisclosed ties to foreign nations, including China. Over the past several months, reports have revealed that many top universities and colleges have accepted multi-million donations from foreign governments.

Connecticut could lose federal funding for its policy to allow biological males to compete against biological females in sports competitions.

The Education Department informed Princeton it is investigating the school following an admission by its president “racist assumptions” are “embedded” within the school.

Conservative black leaders are pushing back against the New York Time’s “1619 project” with the “1776 Unites” U.S. history curriculum.

Democrats are not happy about a Department of Education decision to withhold federal funding from Connecticut schools for violating Title IX’s discrimination statute by allowing biological men who claim to be transgender women, to compete agains biological women in high school and college sports.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut policy that allows transgender athletes to compete as girls in high school sports violates the civil rights of athletes who have always identified as female, according to a letter from the U.S. Education Department’s civil rights office that was obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.

Institutes of higher education are in the business of educating, but California community colleges are focused on suing the federal government for not providing money to students attending these schools who are not citizens but are protected from deportation for being in the country illegally through the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

The Education Department released its final rule that specifies how schools receiving federal aid must respond to allegations of sexual misconduct.

The University of Portland is facing an investigation by the Department of Education over the exclusion of white students and faculty from a feminist student organization. The investigation is the result of a complaint by University of Michigan-Flint Professor Mark J. Perry who alleged that the practice constitutes a violation of Title VI, which prohibits discrimination based on race and color.

The United States Department of Education is investigating the University of Texas over links to the Chinese lab in Wuhan potentially involved in the origin of the Chinese virus, along with the university’s ties to companies including Huawei and Zoom, the popular video conferencing app criticized for its poor security.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Rep Jim Jordan (R-OH) said on Wednesday that they plan to introduce legislation that would bar universities with “massive” endowments from federal aid unless their plan to use the endowments to help students and cover the costs of the coronavirus. 

“Borrowers should contact their lenders,” Trump said, adding that it was “going to make a lot of students happy.” 

At least 10,600 schools have been closed or are scheduled to close in the United States as of Thursday night due to the novel coronavirus, a number that is over 8,500 more than Wednesday’s number of 2,097.

Former Vice President Joe Biden appeared to reverse course on charter schools during Saturday’s MSNBC Public Education Forum 2020 in Pittsburgh.

The DOJ issued a Statement of Interest on Monday regarding Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi, which is facing a lawsuit alleging that the public school threatened students with arrest for exercising their First Amendment rights on campus. “[The school’s] unconstitutional conduct cannot stand,” reads the DOJ’s Statement. “It should comply voluntarily with the First Amendment — and soon.”

Audrey and Richard McIntosh are fighting to change the Title IX process in higher education after their son was expelled from college.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) unveiled her new bill to rein in government agency public relations and advertising spending on mascots, koozies, and fidget spinners on Breitbart News Daily.

A student at UCLA has filed a complaint with the Department of Education alleging that her university supports antisemitism.

The Trump administration is calling on the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Duke University to revise their joint Middle Eastern studies program or lose taxpayer funding. According to the Department of Education, the program offers very few, “if any,” programs focused on the historic discrimination against religious minorities in the Middle East, and lacks balance, focusing on the “positive aspects of Islam” while having an “absolute absence” of a similar focus on the positive aspects of Christianity and Judaism.

The Clarion Project has issued an analysis showing how billions of foreign dollars have been infused into American colleges and universities.

Rep. Andy Barr said at a House Financial Services Committee hearing that Congress created the $1.5 trillion student loan debt crisis.

President Trump and Ivanka Trump hosted a gathering Thursday to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Pledge to American Workers.

President Trump said Saturday that Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) received “too much credit” for attacking Joe Biden (D) during Thursday night’s Democrat debate.

Fact check FALSE: Joe Biden said he only opposed “busing ordered by the Department of Education.” The problem: it didn’t exist yet.

Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education have opened an investigation into antisemitism at the University of North Carolina and Duke University consortium.

Williams College is facing a federal investigation over its decision to refuse official recognition to a pro-Israel student organization.

The Trump administration is trying to address the U.S. government’s $1.45 trillion student loan portfolio, including hiring consultants.

Congressional Democrats and President Obama orchestrated a government takeover of student lending in 2010.

Texas Tech University Medical School announced this week that they will no longer consider race as a factor in the admissions process.

“I have overridden my people,” Trump said. “We’re funding the Special Olympics.”

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has launched an investigation into the colleges and universities that were named in the college admissions bribery scandal.

Peter Kirsanow explained how Obama-era education policies led to racial and ethnic school disciplinary quotas.

Panelists at the South by Southwest (SXSW) EDU 2019 conference this week urged educators to make “social and emotional learning” (SEL) part of every core subject in K–12 classrooms.

Primary school children from the age of five will be taught about gender reassignment, LGBT “families”, and other controversial topics, with parents denied an opt-out, according to reports.

Conservative parents and education activists are expressing alarm over ostensibly well-intentioned school choice legislation that seeks to ensure families of children in private schools, religious schools, and homeschools receive the same tax advantages as those of public school children.