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President Donald Trump holds a signed an executive order relating to school discipline policies as Education Secretary Linda McMahon listens in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Apr 28, 2025

MD among states suing Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schools

Maryland is among 19 states suing the Trump administration to block threats to withhold school funding over DEI programs in public schools.

Students march at Arizona State University in protest of ASU's chapter of College Republicans United-led event encouraging students to report "their criminal classmates to ICE for deportations" in Tempe, Arizona, on Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Apr 25, 2025

ICE reversing termination of legal status for international students, lawyer says

The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the U.S., a government lawyer said.

Virginia Tech Professor Ashley Dayer, shown in July 2023 in the Adirondacks, New York, says she was informed on Monday that her NSF funding for a research project examining the role of bird feeders had been canceled because the research touched on DEI themes. (Provided by Ashley Dayer)
Apr 25, 2025

‘I was shocked and saddened’: Trump science cuts target multiple disciplines, including in MD

Hundreds of university researchers, including in Maryland, had their National Science Foundation funding abruptly canceled.

A rendering of the Goucher College Judy C. Lewent '70 Science Center. The school broke ground on the $50 million facility on April 24, 2024. It is scheduled to open in the fall of 2027. (Photo courtesy Goucher College)
Apr 25, 2025

Goucher College breaks ground on Lewent Science Center

Goucher College began construction on the $50M Judy C. Lewent '70 Science Center, a state-of-the-art STEM hub opening in fall 2027.

In this image taken from video, immigration lawyer Charles Kuck speaks to reporters outside a federal courthouse in Atlanta on April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback)
Apr 25, 2025

International students stripped of legal status in the US are piling up wins in court

Some international students in the U.S. who have had their legal status terminated in recent weeks have found a measure of success in court.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order as youths hold up copies of the executive order they signed at an education event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Apr 24, 2025

Judge blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs

A federal judge blocked Trump administration directives that threatened to cut federal funding for public schools with DEI programs.

Morgan State University
Apr 24, 2025

With Moore’s signature, MD corrects grad program law error from 2024

Maryland lawmakers fixed an error that gave select universities first refusal rights over graduate programs tied to workforce development.

Adnan Syed, with Erica Suter on his left, after a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing at Baltimore City Circuit Court to have his sentence reduced to time served. Suter will lead a new exoneration clinic at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. (The Daily Record/Rachel Konieczny)
Apr 24, 2025

MD public defender, Maryland Carey Law launch exoneration clinic

The Maryland Office of the Public Defender and University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law launched a new exoneration clinic.

President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order relating to Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Apr 24, 2025

Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity efforts

President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee them.

The campus of St. John’s College is seen in a June 10, 2016 photo in Annapolis. (AP file photo/Brian Witte)
Apr 23, 2025

This Maryland college offers free tuition for low-income families

Starting fall 2025, St. John’s College will offer free tuition to students from families earning $75K or less, aiming to boost affordability and access.

Dr. Troy Townsend, Associate Professor of Chemistry, SMCM talked to students. (Provided by The Patuxent Partnership)
Apr 22, 2025

Over 700 students explore career paths at SPARK! Fair in southern Maryland

Students from 17 schools across three Maryland counties participated in the third-annual SPARK! Student Career Awareness Fair.

A commuter walks past the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Education, which was ordered closed for the day for what officials described as security reasons amid large-scale layoffs in Washington on March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Apr 22, 2025

Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says

The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, officials said.