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June 1, 2023 at 12:10 pm

Senate passes GOP bill overturning student loan cancellation, teeing it up for Biden veto

A Republican measure overturning President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation plan has passed the Senate and now awaits an expected veto.

FILE – Students sit on the lawn near Royce Hall at UCLA in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on April 25, 2019. After statewide bans on affirmative action in states from California to Florida, colleges have tried a range of strategies to achieve a diverse student body – giving greater preference to low-income families and admitting top students from communities across their states. But after years of experimentation, some states requiring race-neutral policies have seen drops in Black and Hispanic enrollments. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) XKS201 XKS201

May 30, 2023 at 9:15 pm

As Supreme Court considers affirmative action, colleges see few other ways to diversity goals VIEW

After bans on affirmative action in states from California to Florida, colleges have tried a range of strategies to achieve a diverse student body.

May 29, 2023 at 9:18 pm

Most in US say don’t ban race in college admissions but its role should be small: AP-NORC poll

As the Supreme Court decides the fate of affirmative action, most people in the U.S. say the court should allow consideration of race as part...

May 24, 2023 at 2:53 pm

House GOP passes resolution overturning student loan cancellation; Biden vows veto

House Republicans passed a resolution on Wednesday that would overturn President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation plan, but the measure faces an uncertain path in...

May 18, 2023 at 3:21 pm

AP analysis: Most beauty school programs would be in jeopardy under US proposal

Nearly two-thirds of for-profit cosmetology certificate programs would face a federal crackdown under new federal rules proposed by the Biden administration.

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May 17, 2023 at 2:18 pm

New rule targets college programs that leave grads with low income, high debt

College programs that leave graduates underpaid or buried in loans would be cut off from federal money under a proposal issued by the Biden administration...

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April 30, 2023 at 9:33 pm

‘Waste of time’: Community college transfers derail students

America's high school graduates are often encouraged to start at a community college before getting a bachelor's degree, but the money-saving move rarely works as...

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April 27, 2023 at 2:19 pm

Biden’s student loan help would be ‘annihilated’ by GOP bill

President Joe Biden’s student debt agenda would be all but obliterated by the U.S. debt legislation passed by House Republicans, dooming his mass cancellations, scrapping...

Nation & World

April 22, 2023 at 8:11 am

Brazil’s school violence mirrors US. Its reaction doesn’t VIEW

Brazil is grappling with a wave of violence in its schools that resemble U.S.-style attacks.

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FILE – People attend a rally as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility, Friday, March 31, 2023, by the Capitol in Washington. Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday, April 6, from the Biden administration, but teams could create some limits in certain cases, for example, to ensure fairness. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) DCJM101 DCJM101

April 6, 2023 at 1:13 pm

US would bar full ban on trans athletes but allow exceptions

A new rule proposed by the Biden administration would prevent schools and colleges from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes, with some limits.