Colleges & Universities

A graduate student at the University of Minnesota was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Thursday at an off-campus residence, the school said in a statement, NBC News reported.

The push to identify masked protesters using facial recognition and turn them in is blurring the line between public law enforcement and private groups

Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog will be at the University of Maryland! The world’s most famous frog will deliver the university’s commencement address on Wednesday, May 21. The Muppet will share his words of wisdom with summer 2024, winter 2024 and spring 2025 graduates at the SECU Stadium. The Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the university in 1960. He made...

While international student enrollment has been on the rise, educators worry that could soon change under the Trump administration.

Johns Hopkins University said it would eliminate more than 2,000 jobs after President Donald Trump’s administration rescinded federal funding for thousands of international aid projects, NBC News reported.

Authorities at Texas Tech University say an explosion inside a manhole took out power across campus. Classes are canceled Thursday and Friday.

At least two Ivy League schools, Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, took the step as the Trump administration threatens to cut research grants.

Dozens of universities across the country received a federal government warning Monday over their obligation to protect Jewish students on campus, just as President Donald Trump’s administration clamps down on pro-Palestinian protesters.

Police were out in force to keep dueling demonstrations apart at Barnard College, after members of a pro-Palestinian group forced their way into a college building and assaulted a school employee Wednesday night. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

Barnard College officials say pro-Palestinian protesters pushed their way into Milbank Hall, which houses the offices of the dean, and assaulted a school employee.

A federal scholarship aimed at boosting students from underserved and rural areas attending historically Black colleges and universities has been put on hold.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will announce a plan on Tuesday to offer free tuition to state and city colleges for students pursuing associates degrees in certain high-demand fields. Hochul, a Democrat, is set to debut the proposal in a speech in Albany during which she will detail her agenda for the state’s ongoing legislative session. Her office said the program...

As the California wildfires ravage through the Los Angeles area, people across the sports world were impacted.

New research indicates students are paying significantly less to attend public universities than they were a decade ago.

New filings in a 2022 class-action lawsuit contend that children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities.

CNBC reporter Michael Ozanian explains the analysis behind CNBC’s list of the top 75 most valuable college athletic programs.

Misdemeanor charges for providing alcohol to minors following the death of Won Jang have been filed against 21-year-old Matthew Catrambone and 21-year-old Samuel Terry.

One person is dead and “several” were injured after a homecoming weekend shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama early Sunday morning. In a statement, the university said “a non-university individual” was killed and several others, including students, were injured in the shooting.

Although more students are eligible for federal aid this year, rising college costs and ballooning student debt balances are still major concerns.

Princeton University held onto its spot at the top of the annual “U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges” list for 2025. The Ivy League school once again ranked as the best national university in the latest rankings released Tuesday. MIT came in second, followed by Harvard and Stanford. Yale University in New Haven, Conn. came in fifth. Other tri-state…