The state鈥檚 lame-duck Republican officials sided with the Trump administration and asked a federal judge to block the Virginia Dream Act. Incoming Democrats and advocacy groups are vowing to fight.
By Katherine Knott
31 December
The decision comes after the Department of Education asked the DOJ鈥檚 Office of Legal Counsel to review the legality of a number of programs they said used racial 鈥渜uotas.鈥
By Johanna Alonso
22 December
By Susan H. Greenberg
19 December
At least 16 nonprofit institutions announced closures this year due to enrollment and financial challenges, the same as last year. But there were fewer mergers announced.
By Josh Moody
18 December
By Sara Custer
17 December
After a year of repeated blows, diversity professionals and scholars are debating whether DEI has a future on college campuses, and if so, what its next iteration looks like.
By Sara Weissman
15 December
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party investigated the university regarding its Chinese students. Some say the institution is implementing an unwritten new policy to exclude them.