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Posted inIndianapolis

This program helps seniors find jobs. Trump’s cuts would end it

By Claire Rafford, Mirror IndyJuly 10, 2025July 10, 2025

Goodwill’s program helps low-income seniors in Indy learn skills, such as digital literacy.

Posted inSan Antonio

Pell Grants escape ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ mostly unscathed

By Danya Pérez, San Antonio ReportJuly 4, 2025July 10, 2025

The bill also expanded access by creating “Workforce Pell Grants” for students in accredited workforce programs in high-skill, high-wage areas, even if these are short-term programs.

Posted inCharlottesville

‘This is our university’: UVA faculty, lawmakers push back against Jim Ryan’s forced exit

By Allie Pitchon, Charlottesville TomorrowJuly 3, 2025July 10, 2025

One professor called the president’s ouster an “extralegal process” that amounted to a significant blow to academic freedom.

Posted inChicago

Student group banned by DePaul continues to run covert birth control delivery service

By Lisa Kurian Philip, WBEZJuly 3, 2025July 10, 2025

University officials recently suspended the group from campus because of its affiliation with Planned Parenthood. Student leaders accuse DePaul of kowtowing to President Donald Trump.

Posted inColorado

Broken car? Late rent? Community College of Aurora gives students help with life emergencies

By Jason GonzalesJuly 2, 2025July 2, 2025

Community College of Aurora provides students with a small amount of emergency financial assistance to help keep them in school.

Posted inCalifornia

What California taxpayers need to know about college athletes’ new school salaries

By Adam Echelman, CalMattersJuly 1, 2025July 8, 2025

A watershed legal settlement takes effect today, allowing universities to pay college athletes directly.

Posted inTexas

Proposed Pell Grant cuts threaten college access for nearly 500,000 Texas college students

By Sneha Dey, The Texas TribuneJune 27, 2025July 1, 2025

Proposals in the federal budget bill would cut the maximum Pell Grant award amount by $1,500 and take away eligibility for students enrolled less than half-time.

Posted inColorado

Colorado students, education leaders try to help TRIO college-access program avoid Trump cuts

By Jason GonzalesJune 26, 2025June 26, 2025

The Trump administration wants to end funding for the federal TRIO program, which helps students from low-income backgrounds, students with disabilities, and first-generation students get to and through college.

Posted inTampa Bay

Florida signs up to create new accrediting body for state universities

By Divya Kumar, Tampa Bay TimesJune 26, 2025June 26, 2025

Years after DeSantis took aim at the accreditation system, a new body aims to accredit southern universities.

Posted inNorth Carolina

‘It could just be over’: Federal university research cuts threaten young scholars’ careers

By Brianna Atkinson, WUNCJune 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Universities across the country are bracing for the impacts of billions of dollars in federal funding cuts. Young scholars could be hit particularly hard.

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