The investigation of 45 colleges — including NYU, Cornell and Rutgers — stems from the schools allegedly running a Ph.D program that discriminates based on skin color, a violation of Title VI.

A new lawsuit argues that recent layoffs undermine the office’s ability to investigate complaints of discrimination from all ...

The FAFSA outage comes one day after the Department of Education announced it fired more than 1,300 people. According to the ...

The Department of Education clarified that celebrating Black History Month is not in violation of an order warning states to remove DEI policies.

At the time, none of the formerly Confederate states permitted schooling for Black people, and all of them ... Trump’s ...

Trump administration dismantles Department of Education, cutting over 1,300 jobs and closing regional offices.

Mendoza, the efforts to abolish diversity, equality and inclusion initiatives in higher education literally hit home.

Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, ...

Eliminating the Department of Education could worsen racial inequities by cutting federal funding to poor schools.

The Department of Education clarified that observances such as Black History Month are not ... students with the false premise that the United States is built upon ‘systemic and structural ...

Black borrowers, who owe a disproportionate amount of student debt, could face loan repayment and forgiveness hurdles.

Nikki Carter and her son, Simeon, get ready for his graduation from Demopolis High School on May 19, 2023, in Demopolis, ...