As the government shutdown continues with what seems like no end in sight, more Washington, D.C., attractions are closing as they run out of federal funds to keep their doors open to the public. The ...

• A recent executive order targets exhibitions on race and gender. • Vice President J.D. Vance is tasked with reshaping the board of regents. • Critics of the order argue that more than just funding ...

Jan. 20 was an ugly day for elite institutions. On that day, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing.” The order ...

Article is a Smithsonian Institution reprint of a speech presented at the meeting of the Educational Press Association of America on July 2, 1924. That association was founded in 1895 and renamed the ...

NPR talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about what's driving the recent market surge and whether high valuations signal strength or speculation. I ...

President Trump is taking center stage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. "We are going to make a lot of changes," he said earlier this month, "including the seats, the ...

The Justice Department last month declined to defend a federal-grant program for colleges that serve a disproportionate number of Hispanic students. A lawsuit from the State of Tennessee and Students ...

A mobile job lab opened at Oshkosh Correctional Institution (OSCI) to help inmates prepare for release. The lab offers job readiness services like resume development, career assessments and interview ...