education

What Trump’s win could mean for student loan forgiveness

The U.S. Department of Education’s work to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans will likely come to…

Harris blasts Trump vision as one of ‘chaos, fear and hate’ in fiery teachers union speech

Vice President Kamala Harris in a fiery speech Thursday blasted the policy agenda of former President Donald Trump as one…

Fahmi Quadir, short seller nicknamed ‘The Assassin,’ takes aim at for-profit college giant Adtalem

WASHINGTON — Short seller Fahmi Quadir has found her new target: The $2 billion market cap Adtalem Global Education, a…

Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims

Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid new allegations of plagiarism, becoming the second Ivy League leader to step…

Hearings, subpoenas, crackdowns: Inside House Republicans’ long-term plan to ‘defund’ elite universities

House Republicans have a long-term plan to strip elite universities of government funding and federal student loan dollars, Rep. Jim…

UPenn President Liz Magill, board chair both resign following backlash over congressional antisemitism testimony

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned on Saturday after receiving criticism for her testimony at a congressional hearing on…

House committee launches investigation of Harvard, MIT and UPenn over antisemitism fight

The House Education Committee launched a probe into Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania after…

Wall Street titans help to fuel Ivy League donor revolt

Billionaire Marc Rowan has been in touch with what one finance executive quipped was “half of Wall Street” about halting…

Investor Steve Eisman tells Penn to take his name off scholarship as school faces criticism during Israel-Hamas war

Longtime investor Steve Eisman is the latest Wall Street executive distancing himself from his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania,…