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With Trump's win, federal student loan borrowers will need to get used to a new normal and new priorities. Moor Studio/Getty Images hide caption
What a Trump presidency might mean for student loan forgiveness
November 14, 2024 • Several of President Biden's efforts at loan relief are in jeopardy, including a repayment plan with millions of borrowers waiting in limbo.
What student loan borrowers can expect as the presidency changes
Flags decorate a space at the Education Department in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
What Trump's pledge to close Dept. of Education means for students, GOP-led states
November 14, 2024 • President-elect Trump promised to close the Department of Education. We asked several education policy experts what the impacts of doing so would mean for students and the country.
A look at the potential impact of shutting down the Department of Education
Students walk by the Rush Rhees Library at the University of Rochester on Feb. 22, 2023. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption
Middle East crisis — explained
University of rochester investigates 'wanted' posters accusing staff of gaza war crimes.
November 13, 2024 • The posters, which appeared across campus, accuse university faculty of being complicit in war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. The university president condemned the posters as antisemitic.
Starting Your Podcast: A Guide For Students
New to podcasting? Don't panic.
Dear Life Kit: Is it a faux pas to create a 'happy graduation' registry for myself?
October 31, 2024 • An NPR listener is graduating soon with her MBA. She wants to know if it's OK celebrate her achievement by asking loved ones to buy her gifts from a registry, similar to what people do for weddings.
Dear Life Kit: I need a gut check for a sticky situation
Ms. Meyers and her students begin to count the tallies after counting the ballots at Salt River Elementary School on October 22. Sharon Chischilly for NPR hide caption
In this school's election, it's pizza vs. chicken nuggets, with democracy as the winner
October 31, 2024 • At an Arizona tribal school, it's a fierce campaign to pick the top school lunch, as students learn about making their voice count
Kids at an Arizona tribal school learn about democracy with their own lunch vote
Members of the class of 2016 are presented with their degrees during the commencement ceremony at Howard University in May, 2016. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Interview highlights
Fewer black men are enrolling in hbcus. here's why and what's being done.
October 28, 2024 • The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.
People gather at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville, N.C.,, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. Makiya Seminera/AP hide caption
Schools in Asheville are reopening in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene
October 28, 2024 • After-school activities will still be suspended Monday and Tuesday.
University of Chicago student Rudra Patel happily shows off the work of famed artist Ando Hiroshige that he'll get to display in his dorm room for one year. Hiroshige was a master of Japanese woodblock printing whose work focused on landscapes and everyday life in Edo-period Japan. Alison Cuddy for NPR hide caption
Want a Picasso? UChicago students borrow original art for their dorms
October 26, 2024 • College students often use posters to help spruce up their dorm. At the University of Chicago, they get a chance to borrow works by prominent artists for a year.
University of Chicago students can borrow a real Picasso or Miro for their dorm room
Student podcast challenge, 2024 student podcast challenge honorable mentions.
October 24, 2024 • Here are the honorable mentions from the 2024 Student Podcast Challenge. Congratulations!
Matt and Emily Kayser of Westchester County, N.Y., visit Colby College in Maine for a campus tour in August. Sofia Aldinio/The Hechinger Report hide caption
Some colleges are targeting financial aid to middle-class families
Hechinger report.
October 24, 2024 • Many middle-income families are frustrated by the cost of higher education, feeling they earn too much for financial aid, but not enough to pay for it themselves.
Julie Beck earns roughly $20 an hour teaching in Head Start classrooms 10 months a year. “I'm paycheck to paycheck,” she says. Cory Turner/NPR hide caption
These teachers often live in poverty. A pay raise could help — but there’s a cost
October 23, 2024 • A new Biden administration effort to raise Head Start teacher wages could force the federally funded preschool program to serve fewer children.
Turner/Lee - HEAD START changes 2
Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the Student Podcast Challenge 2024 high school winner for her podcast "A Relationship Behind Bars" about her father's incarceration. Alfield Reeves for NPR hide caption
'You're not alone:' A teen podcaster sends message to kids with incarcerated parents
October 14, 2024 • Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the high school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Her winning entry, "A Relationship Behind Bars," is about her father's incarceration.
Turner/Lee - SPC HS Winner
A pro-Palestinian protester uses a bullhorn during a demonstration in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on April 22, 2024 in Berkeley, California Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
It's Been a Minute
Is the free speech debate dead plus, the devil.
October 11, 2024 • In anticipation of more pro-Palestinian protests, many college administrators rolled out new rules this fall that include getting pre-approval for posting flyers or hosting demonstrations. Brittany is joined by UC Irvine sociology professor David S. Meyer, who studies social movements and public policy, and Chronicle of Higher Education reporter Kate Hidalgo Bellows. They discuss the changes on campuses and how they tie into debates over free speech.
In 2020, Congress voted to overhaul the FAFSA, seen here in its old, paper form. The federal application's relaunch, in late 2023, came with a whole host of problems. Richard Stephen/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption
Some students are fighting to stay in college after the FAFSA delayed financial aid
October 10, 2024 • Students had to make all kinds of decisions about college before knowing how much financial aid they would get. Now, some are scrambling to stay in school.
With FAFSA delayed again, students are uncertain about how to stay in school
Pro-Palestinian protestors rally at Brown University in April as their delegation met with school leaders on campus in Providence, R.I. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Brown says no to pro-Palestinian students' demands for divestment
October 9, 2024 • Supporters of divestment ended their encampment last spring in exchange for a promise that their proposal for divestment would get a vote from the board this fall.
President Joe Biden speaks about student loan relief at Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 8. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Two major student loan grace periods are set to expire this week. Here's what to know
September 30, 2024 • Two federal programs that helped federal student loan borrowers ease back into payments are ending. It will have the biggest impact on borrowers with defaulted loans or borrowers who miss payments moving forward.
To combat misinformation, start with connection, not correction
September 30, 2024 • People trust information more when it comes from sources or contexts they’re familiar with. Help counter misinformation in your community by having conversations with your friends and family.
How to talk to your loved ones about misinformation
Student researchers Mayisha Alam (L) and Swazi Tshabalala (R) collect samples as part of their work with the nonprofit BioBus. Christine Marizzi/BioBus hide caption
Here are the high schoolers tracking the bird flu virus in New York City
September 30, 2024 • Most viruses that become epidemics in humans begin in other animals. It's how scientists suspect COVID-19 emerged. And now, less than five years after the start of the pandemic, some scientists are concerned about another disease that could do something similar: bird flu, or H5N1. Over the past year, the virus has spilled into cows and other animals — even infecting some people working closely with the animals. Some scientists hope to build a more resilient public health system by finding ways to detect and to track viruses as they spread in animals.
New investigations by the U.S. Government Accountability Office offer the fullest picture yet of why the revamped FAFSA had such a troubled launch. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
Watchdog sheds light on FAFSA fiasco, from a birthday bug to call center failures
September 24, 2024 • A new review and testimony from investigators with the U.S. Government Accountability Office offer the clearest picture yet of the aid form’s troubled rollout.
Turner/FAFSA updates
Patrick Hall at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pa. An investigation is underway at the college, where one student is no longer enrolled after being found liable in a case where a racial slur was carved on the chest of another student. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Student exits Gettysburg College after racial slur is carved on teammate
September 23, 2024 • Earlier this month, a Gettysburg College student used a box cutter to write a racial slur on another student's chest during a social gathering on campus. The incident is under campus investigation.
Tufts University Jumbos celebrate scoring during the Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship held at Lincoln Financial Field on May 26 in Philadelphia. Some Tufts lacrosse players were hospitalized after an intense workout last week. Larry French/NCAA Photos via Getty Images hide caption
Tufts University lacrosse players released after being hospitalized following workout
September 22, 2024 • Tufts University says the members of the men's lacrosse team who were diagnosed with a dangerous medical condition following a Sept. 16 workout have been discharged from the hospital.
The NPR College Podcast Challenge is back! LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
Announcing NPR's fourth annual College Podcast Challenge
September 20, 2024 • NPR's national podcasting contest for college students is now open for entries. Submit for a chance to win the $5,000 grand prize. Deadline is January 10.
Black girls had the highest rates of so-called "exclusionary discipline," such as suspensions and expulsions, according to a new report from the GAO. Above, school busses sit at a service yard last year in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Exclusive: Watchdog finds Black girls face more frequent, severe discipline in school
September 19, 2024 • The Government Accountability Office found that Black girls received nearly half of the most severe punishments, like expulsion, even though they represent only 15% of girls in public schools.
Code Switch
Fighting back on book bans.
September 18, 2024 • B.A. Parker brings us around the country to see what access to books is looking like for students in Texas, librarians in Idaho and her own high school English teacher in Pennsylvania.
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