US news | The Guardian4d ago
Unauthorized ICE ‘wellness checks’ by police at Ohio schools draw outrage https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/ice-checks-police-cincinnati-schools #Ohio #UsImmigration #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsNews #TrumpAdministration #UsPolicing #Schools #UsEducation
Unauthorized ICE ‘wellness checks’ by police at Ohio schools draw outrage

Community members and rights groups criticize police arriving at Cincinnati schools on behalf of ICE

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US news | The Guardian6d ago
US university’s commencement speaker reveals he will pay off students’ final-year loans https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/north-carolina-state-commencement-speaker-paying-off-student-loans #UsUniversities #NorthCarolina #UsStudentDebt #UsEducation #HigherEducation #UsNews #Education #UsStudentFinance
US university’s commencement speaker reveals he will pay off students’ final-year loans

Anil Kochhar hopes textile graduates of North Carolina State can leave with ‘greater freedom to pursue goals’

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World news | The GuardianMay 8
Cyberattack on system used by thousands of US schools disrupts final exams https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/08/canvas-cyberattack-us-schools-universities #Technology #UsUniversities #Schools #UsEducation #Cybercrime #UsNews #Internet
Cyber-attack on system widely used in US education disrupts final exams

Nationwide Canvas outage left students and faculty ‘dead in the water’ and rushing to rearrange end of academic year

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World news | The GuardianMay 7
Professors sue Atlanta’s Emory University over handling of Israel-Gaza protests https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/emory-university-professor-lawsuit-israel-gaza-protests #Atlanta #Georgia #UsEducation #UsNews #HigherEducation
Professors sue Atlanta’s Emory University over handling of Israel-Gaza protests

Students and faculty have also protested against surveillance cameras on campus and handling of racist posts by a student

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US news | The GuardianMay 5
Trump administration investigates Smith College for admitting transgender women https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/05/smith-college-transgender-women-investigation #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #UsUniversities #Transgender #UsEducation
Trump administration investigates Smith College for admitting transgender women

Civil rights inquiry claims policy may breach Title IX as administration escalates attacks on trans rights

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US news | The GuardianApr 25
A federal program has helped Native Hawaiian medical students for 35 years. It now being sued for discrimination https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/hative-hawaiian-scholarship-program-lawsuit #Hawaii #Medicine #UsEducation #Republicans #UsNews #Education
US news | The GuardianApr 24
US universities are seeing an influx of ‘antisemitism centers’. Some Jewish scholars are worried https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/antisemitism-university-spikes-worry-jewish-scholars #UsUniversities #Antisemitism #UsEducation #Judaism #Religion #UsNews
US universities are seeing an influx of ‘antisemitism centers’. Some Jewish scholars are worried

Political pressures are resulting in a range of initiatives that experts say substitute expertise with ideology

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US news | The GuardianApr 16
Hampshire College was ‘a magical place’ for a progressive education. It couldn’t survive this era https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/hampshire-college-closing #Massachusetts #UsUniversities #HigherEducation #UsEducation #UsNews
Hampshire College was ‘a magical place’ for a progressive education. It couldn’t survive this era

Hampshire is latest school to fall to declining enrollment amid a decades-long crisis affecting liberal arts colleges

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US news | The GuardianApr 14
‘An incalculable loss’: Hampshire College to close doors after fall semester https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/hampshire-college-massachusetts-closure #Massachusetts #UsNews #WorldNews #UsUniversities #HigherEducation #UsEducation #Education
‘An incalculable loss’: Hampshire College to close doors after fall semester

Massachusetts liberal arts college laments ‘heartbreaking reality’ and says financial pressures to blame

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