The Biden administration has paused payments for eight million borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan. This is in response to a court’s temporary block on the student debt relief program. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona criticized the court’s decision, which he says could have severe effects on ...
President Joe Biden has announced canceling an additional $1.2 billion student debt for another 35,000 borrowers. The latest action brings the total loan forgiveness amount approved by the Biden administration to more than $168 billion for approximately 4.8 million Americans. Biden stressed that higher education is “a ticket” to th...
London, United Kingdom – AFP Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai called for Pakistan to stop deporting undocumented Afghans, saying she was especially concerned about the “dark future” awaiting women and girls sent back. “It is deeply concerning that Pakistan is forcing Afghan refugees based in Pakistan back into Afghanista...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The University of Melbourne is being investigated for violating privacy laws by using surveillance to identify students participating in a sit-in protest against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, according to the local media. Twenty-one student protesters at the university were previously served with “general mi...
A 12-year-old Muslim boy will begin classes at New York University this fall, potentially making history by becoming the youngest student ever to study there. Suborno Isaac Bari astounded the world by graduating from high school at a young age. He is also known for having memorized the periodic table when he was just 2 […]
Student outcry has intensified at Harvard University following the release of findings from two separate inquiries into anti-semitism and Islamophobia on campus. Tasked with investigating allegations amid tensions over Israel’s war on Gaza and occupation of Palestine, both reports acknowledged a climate of discrimination and harassment on camp...
Oklahoma’s state superintendent has mandated that all public schools incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments into their curriculums. Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma state superintendent of public instruction, defended the decision at a state board of education meeting. He argued it aims to enhance historical understanding, citing the...
Harvard’s task forces combating antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias have asked the university to address pervasive discrimination against both Jewish and Muslim students on campus. They have highlighted concerns over a culture of exclusion towards supporters of Palestine and Israel, giving examples of harassment and intimidation. Harvard’...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has blocked the establishment of America’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school. The ruling against St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic Charter School marks a significant victory for advocates of church-state separation and public education. Attorney General Gentner Drummond led the legal challeng...
Khan Yunis, Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP Teenagers across the Gaza Strip should have been taking their final exams this month, a last hurdle before university and lifelong dreams, but Israel’s brutal war imposed upon the battered Palestinian territory has crushed those hopes. According to the education ministry in the Gaz...
