Universities face big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control'

Education | Spectrum News 1 3/8 4:30A Associated Press

Universities nationwide are implementing hiring freezes, scaling back research and drawing up contingency plans for funding cuts.

Trump administration cancels $400M in grants and contracts with Columbia University

Education | Spectrum News 1 3/7 9:00A Associated Press

Columbia vowed to work with the government to try to get the money back.

St. Augustine’s loses bid to save accreditation

Education | Spectrum News 1 3/6 9:15A Spectrum News Staff

School officials said they are working to ensure students graduate this year with a degree from an accredited university.

Trump vows to cut federal funding for schools that allow 'illegal protests,' expel demonstrators

Education | Spectrum News 1 3/4 5:30A Susan Carpenter

In a post on Truth Social, the president said "Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came."

Potential increase in endowment tax has private universities on alert

Education | Spectrum News 1 2/26 9:00A Reuben Jones

Educators at North Carolina's Davidson College say a tax hike on endowments could affect student aid.

Linda McMahon, Trump's pick for education chief, sketches a roadmap for dismantling the department

Education | Spectrum News 1 2/13 10:02A Spectrum News Staff, Associated

A plan being considered by the White House would direct the education secretary to dismantle the department as much as possible.

The sound of resilience: Middle schoolers overcome Helene to play Carnegie Hall

Education | Spectrum News 1 2/7 1:30A Patrick Thomas

The Cane Creek Middle School band has been invited to play at Carnegie Hall in late March.

Trump administration opens antisemitism inquiries at 5 colleges, including Columbia and Berkeley

Education | Spectrum News 1 2/4 6:17A Associated Press

It comes the same day the Justice Department announced a new task force to root out antisemitism on college campuses.

Trump will sign order giving parents more school choice

Education | Spectrum News 1 1/29 6:41A Susan Carpenter

The order directs the education secretary to prioritize school choice programs in discretionary grant programs.

U.S. children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam

Education | Spectrum News 1 1/29 5:14A Associated Press

New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A branch of the State Library is making sure different forms of books are accessible for all

Education | Spectrum News 1 1/27 1:30A Sydney McCoy

The library ships out so many books, the back of the building has its own zip code.

Banning cellphones in schools gains popularity in red and blue states

Education | Spectrum News 1 1/16 1:11A Associated Press

At least eight states have enacted cell phone bans over the past two years.

Millions have had student loans canceled under Biden — despite the collapse of his forgiveness plan

Education | Spectrum News 1 1/13 7:10A Associated Press

The Education Department on Monday canceled loans for 150,000 borrowers through programs that existed before Biden took office.

North Carolina students’ data is compromised in PowerSchool breach

Education | Spectrum News 1 1/9 4:53A Daniel Gray, Malea Mull

Data from North Carolina's PowerSchool software system was compromised last month, according to a PowerSchool spokesperson.

International students urged to return to U.S. campuses before Trump inauguration

Education | Spectrum News 1 12/27 5:47A Associated Press

They're worried he could declare travel bans like he did during his first presidency.