Colleges and Universities

Financial Aid Is Restored for Prisoners in the Education Plan That’s Tucked Into the Stimulus Bill

NewsColony22 December 2020

by NewsColony22 December 2020031

Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the ranking Democrat on the Education Committee, said the simplification, coupled with other technical fixes she helped negotiate, made the...

Politics

An Opinion Writer Argued Jill Biden Should Drop the ‘Dr.’ (Few Were Swayed.)

NewsColony13 December 2020

by NewsColony13 December 2020015

Many women said Joseph Epstein’s suggestion in The Wall Street Journal was blatantly sexist and underscored the way men often dismiss women’s credentials. Source :...

Politics

Edward P. Lazear, Economist and Presidential Adviser, Dies at 72

NewsColony26 November 2020

by NewsColony26 November 2020026

Edward P. Lazear, a pioneering labor economist at Stanford University who advised President George W. Bush during the financial crisis, died on Monday. He was...

Politics

Mutual Aid: How College Students Survive

NewsColony23 November 2020

by NewsColony23 November 2020014

At many colleges and universities, from underfunded institutions to top-tier private colleges, many students have found themselves unable to meet basic needs during the coronavirus...

Politics

Biden’s Education Department Will Move Fast to Reverse Betsy DeVos’s Policies

NewsColony13 November 2020

by NewsColony13 November 2020019

WASHINGTON — Like most federal agencies, the Education Department followed President Trump’s lead in seeking to undo the legacy of his predecessor, and Education Secretary...

Politics

China Threatens to Detain Americans if U.S. Prosecutes Chinese Scholars

NewsColony18 October 2020

by NewsColony18 October 2020031

WASHINGTON — Chinese officials have told the Trump administration that security officers in China might detain American citizens if the Justice Department proceeds with prosecutions...

Politics

Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Pits Spy Against Spy

NewsColony5 September 2020

by NewsColony5 September 2020021

WASHINGTON — Chinese intelligence hackers were intent on stealing coronavirus vaccine data, so they looked for what they believed would be an easy target. Instead...

Politics

At the State Dept., Calling for Alliances and Acting as a Coalition of One

NewsColony2 September 2020

by NewsColony2 September 2020026

WASHINGTON — Announcing new limits on Chinese diplomats in the United States and expanded sanctions against international prosecutors, the Trump administration took a series of...

Politics

U.S. Labels Chinese Language Education Group a Diplomatic Mission

NewsColony14 August 2020

by NewsColony14 August 2020037

WASHINGTON — The State Department announced on Thursday that it was designating the U.S. headquarters of a Chinese government educational organization as a diplomatic mission,...

Politics

Education Dept.’s Civil Rights Chief Steps Down Amid Controversy

NewsColony27 July 2020

by NewsColony27 July 2020021

WASHINGTON — The Education Department’s civil rights chief has for 40 years labored to enforce civil rights protections in the nation’s schools and universities, but...