Higher Ed

Science graduate Simíra Smith poses for a portrait inside a lab at Lehman College in The Bronx

CUNY

Macaulay Honors Graduate Goes From Shelter To Success

June 4, 2025, 5:00 a.m.June 3, 2025, 7:25 p.m.

Simira Smith survived living in a homeless shelter and a near-fatal fire to become one of 50,000 CUNY graduates this year.

Students and visitors wait to through security at the gates of Columbia University.

Higher Ed

The Protests Shook Columbia To Its Core. Now Trump Is Trying to Upend the University Altogether.

April 28, 2025, 5:10 a.m.April 30, 2025, 11:11 a.m.

More than a year after pro-Palestine protests changed everything on New York City’s only Ivy League campus, the White House is trying to crush that movement, control the university and change everything again.

Workers hired by NYU place barriers around their campus a day after the NYPD arrested pro-Palestinian student protesters.

Higher Ed

NYU, Fordham Student Visas Yanked in Widening Federal Dragnet

April 9, 2025, 3:14 p.m.April 10, 2025, 1:48 p.m.

The New York City universities reported their students were impacted by federal scrutiny of student visas, which have led to over 300 visa revocations nationally.

Students walk through the Queens College campus.

CUNY

Funder Axes Queens College Diversity Initiative Amid Trump DEI Purge

March 18, 2025, 5:02 a.m.March 18, 2025, 11:06 a.m.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is terminating a $505,000 STEM grant that was supposed to an "Inclusive Excellence initiative" running through 2028.

Trump istration

Protesters Flood Trump Tower Demanding Mahmoud Khalil’s Release

March 13, 2025, 3:45 p.m.March 13, 2025, 5:08 p.m.

Dozens of activists with the group Jewish Voice for Peace were arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest that filled the atrium of president’s namesake Midtown building.

Mahmoud Khalil speaks at Columbia University about pro-Palestine student demonstrators being expelled.

Trump istration

ICE Arrest of Student Protest Leader Exposes Schism Dividing NYC Democrats

March 10, 2025, 4:41 p.m.March 11, 2025, 9:18 a.m.

“Columbia is committed to complying with all legal obligations,” the university wrote in a statement just before Trump wrote that “if you terrorism… you are not welcome here. We expect every one of America's Colleges and Universities to Comply.”

Higher Ed

Latest Layoffs Deepen Worries About Future of St. Francis College

Jan. 15, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 15, 2025, 9:44 a.m.

With shrinking undergraduate enrollment and two faculty votes of no confidence in senior leadership, longtime staffers fear the board of Brooklyn's “small college of big dreams” is planning to shut the 166-year-old school down for good.

Students and faculty enjoy a spring day at the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island.

Education

NYC’s Growing Higher Ed Sector Contributes $35 Billion a Year to City Economy, Study Finds

Nov. 25, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Nov. 25, 2024, 10:12 a.m.

But challenges for the city’s 100 higher ed institutions loom, with Republican-led cuts to federal funding on the horizon.

Education

CUNY Chancellor Boasts Enrollment Growth in ‘State of the University’ Address

Nov. 20, 2024, 5:12 p.m.Nov. 25, 2024, 11:11 a.m.

Félix Matos Rodríguez also continued to emphasize career development efforts. Meanwhile, the medical school is transitioning to be an independent CUNY college.

Diane von Furstenberg Mannequins stand in front of all glass store front looking out onto the corner of 14th and Washington St.

Economy

New York’s Fashion Industry Is in Dangerous Decline, New Study Warns

Sept. 4, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 4, 2024, 9:35 a.m.

Fashion Week is back, but the chances of young designers breaking through and growing businesses in the city are increasingly slim, the Partnership for New York City finds.

Higher Ed

Macaulay Honors Graduate Goes From Shelter To Success

The Protests Shook Columbia To Its Core. Now Trump Is Trying to Upend the University Altogether.

NYU, Fordham Student Visas Yanked in Widening Federal Dragnet

Funder Axes Queens College Diversity Initiative Amid Trump DEI Purge

Protesters Flood Trump Tower Demanding Mahmoud Khalil’s Release

ICE Arrest of Student Protest Leader Exposes Schism Dividing NYC Democrats

Latest Layoffs Deepen Worries About Future of St. Francis College

NYC’s Growing Higher Ed Sector Contributes $35 Billion a Year to City Economy, Study Finds

CUNY Chancellor Boasts Enrollment Growth in ‘State of the University’ Address

New York’s Fashion Industry Is in Dangerous Decline, New Study Warns

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