Pop superstar Taylor Swift is a descendant of three Mayflower passengers, including Stephen Hopkins. Hopkins was once sentenced to death for mutiny but was spared and later returned to England before ...

For decades, moving meant calling in favors. Pizza, beer and guilt-tripped friends were the currency of choice. But times are changing. According to a 2025 study by UniGroup — parent company of ...

Monday is the deadline for a handful of universities to agree to a list of commitments that align with the Trump administration's political priorities, in exchange for preferential access to federal ...

(The Hill) — Multiple colleges are rejecting a compact the Trump administration sent to nine universities at the beginning of October that guaranteed funding advantages if the institutions agreed to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Despite increasing pressure to comply with the Trump administration’s demands, Brown University has declined to join the proposed “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education, ...

A walkway on Brown University’s campus in Providence, R.I., on March 17, 2025. Reporter The Israelis freed in the Gaza hostage deal, what to know about Trump’s funding ‘compact’ for colleges, and more ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Trump administration’s recently released Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education has landed in the ...

MIT became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump administration's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment. CODY O'LOUGHLIN NYT In the ...

The Trump Administration appears to be broadening its pressure campaign on American higher education by reportedly offering a preferential federal funding plan to all universities and colleges.

There’s a reason we call higher education “the pursuit of truth” and not “the pursuit of politics.” But lately, it seems like some leaders in Washington want to rewrite that definition. The Trump ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — None of the original nine campuses the Trump administration asked to sign a “Compact for ...

Nearly two weeks ago, the White House invited Penn and eight other universities to sign the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” a memo that “represents the priorities of the U.S.