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Thanks to a $1 billion gift, tuition will be free at a New York City medical school

6:58am February 27, 2024

Students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine won't have to pay tuition after the school received a $1 billion gift. Ruth Gottesman made the donation using money left to her by her late husband.

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California universities provide free abortion pills by law. Their students don't know

8:22am February 25, 2024

by Jackie Fortier

Why some California public universities are not making it better known that they now provide free medication abortion pills to students.

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How one middle school in New Mexico is teaching kids about the world through opera

7:53am February 24, 2024

by Mia Casas

An Albuquerque, N.M., middle school is using opera to teach students about issues like immigration and climate change.

University of Mississippi Black students compare campus life of today and 1970

5:06pm February 23, 2024

by Debbie Elliott

University of Mississippi students meet members of the school's Black Student Union who were jailed in 1970 for protesting token integration, comparing their demands back then to campus life today.

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New website aims to empower Winston-Salem's Hispanic community

10:44am February 23, 2024

by Neal Charnoff

A new website called Proyecto Mariposa aims to be an online hub for Winston-Salem’s Hispanic community. Also known as the Butterfly Project, the site launched on February 1. It consolidates news, calendar events, job offerings and other resources into a one-stop hub for the region’s Latino community.

Howard University's ice skating team is set to make history this weekend

6:30pm February 22, 2024

by Adam Bearne

Two Howard University students have formed the first figure skating team at an HBCU. The team makes its competition debut this weekend.

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Going on 30 years, an education funding dispute returns to the North Carolina Supreme Court

4:16pm February 22, 2024

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

Education funding litigation that originated 30 years ago has returned to North Carolina’s highest court. The state Supreme Court held oral arguments but didn't immediately rule again Thursday in the case barely a year after it ruled on whether a trial judge could move taxpayer money to address schooling inequities statewide without the express approval of legislators.

The Biden Administration is erasing debts of 150,000 federal student loan borrowers

5:44pm February 21, 2024

by Cory Turner

The U.S. Department of Education announced it's erasing $1.2 billion in federal student loans. At the same time, the department is struggled to implement a new application for federal student aid.

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Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona answers questions during the daily briefing at the White House Aug. 5, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

Student loan balances wiped for the first batch of borrowers in Biden's SAVE plan

10:31am February 21, 2024

"It's moral hazard if you're only doing debt relief, but I believe we're balancing it out with accountability on colleges," says Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.

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