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People walking through UMass Boston's campus in 2018. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Apr 7, 2025

Feds revoke visas of students at BU, Harvard, Tufts, Berklee, UMass and more

It is not immediately clear why students’ visas were terminated. Some schools said the federal government had not notified them of their students’ change of status, but rather learned about it when reviewing records.

The Cost Of Child Care

Child care is in crisis. Here's what's being done about it

Most child care centers, like this one in Waltham, closed down in March 2020 as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Child care is a problem for employers, too. Now more of them want solutions

One woman's story about affording child care, while working in early education

Teacher Mandy He works on counting with students at the Acorn Center for Early Education & Care at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Why child care in Massachusetts costs so much

Deneen Coren plays with 22-month-old Tsifira. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

How child care can build kids' brains, one interaction at a time

Current and former early educators in Massachusetts. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

We asked 8 child care workers about their joys and frustrations. Here's what they said

Flowers and a sign are placed outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Feb. 7 in Washington. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Boston-area students' career plans vanish as White House slashes USAID fellowship

Education

03:42Apr 7, 2025

Student dormitory on the University of Massachusetts, Amherst campus. (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)

UMass says several student visas revoked by federal government

Education

Apr 5, 2025

Students walk through Harvard Yard on Tuesday. (Emily Piper-Vallillo/WBUR)

Trump administration sets forth demands for Harvard to avert loss of billions in federal funding

Education

Apr 4, 2025

Passersby walk past Sayles Hall on Brown University's campus in Providence, R.I., May 7, 2012. (Steven Senne/AP)

Brown University to see half a billion in federal funding halted by Trump administration

Education

Apr 4, 2025

Protesters hold up signs as they march around Harvard University . (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Some Boston-area Jews worry Trump's university crackdowns weaponize antisemitism

Education

07:41

Staffer sues Emerson, claiming she was terminated for pro-Palestinian activism

The former curator of Emerson's Bright Lights Cinema Series claims the college let her go because of her political activism and the content of the films she chose to screen....

Education

Apr 2, 2025

A student at Barbieri Elementary School in Framingham raises her hand in March of 2021. All children in public schools in Massachusetts must wear a mask until Nov. 1, under a state mandate. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

State: U.S. terminated $106 million in Mass. K-12 education grants

According to Healey's office, the funds were intended to address pandemic-related learning loss, support building upgrades to address security and improve air quality, and to support professional development for educators,...

Education

Apr 1, 2025

People walk down the steps of the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library on Harvard University campus. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

At Harvard, some express frustration over feds' threat to billions in research funds

While many students kept to business as usual on Harvard Yard, community members, particularly professors, focused on research expressed anxiety over the government's review.

Education

02:33Apr 1, 2025

The Class of 1875 Gate with the Harvard Shield at Harvard Yard. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Feds threaten billions in funds at Harvard, saying school fails to protect against antisemitism

Accusing Harvard University of allowing antisemitism to fester on its campus, the Trump administration announced Monday it is reviewing nearly $9 billion in federal grants and hundreds of millions in...

Education

Mar 31, 2025

Biomedical engineer and professor Rachael Sirianni, PhD, of UMass Chan Medical School, shut down some of her lab's research aimed at developing tools to help treat pediatric brain cancer. (Lynn Jolicoeur/WBUR)

UMass biomedical scientist freezes pediatric brain cancer research due to federal funding problems

UMass Chan Medical School biomedical engineer and professor Rachael Sirianni leads a lab that researches new technologies to help treat brain tumors in children. Delays in federal grants have led...

Health

05:21Mar 27, 2025

Desks in a classroom on May 3, 2023. (Matt Rourke/AP)

State education board addresses timeouts, seclusion in schools

There's been growing national attention on so-called timeout rooms in recent years, as families of students with disabilities have raised alarms about inappropriate use of the secluded rooms to punish...

Education

Mar 26, 2025

Screenshot of video from a neighbor's home security camera which appears to show federal immigration authorities placing Somerville resident and Tufts doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk in custody on March 25. (Video courtesy of Michael Mathis)

Tufts PhD student taken into federal custody, lawyer and university say

The university received reports that an international graduate student was taken into custody from an off-campus apartment Tuesday night, President Sunil Kumar wrote in a letter to the school community.

Local Coverage

03:38Mar 26, 2025

Eddie Cascella, 26, who holds an M.A. in Environmental Science and Management from URI, working at the Coffee Exchange in Providence. (Lynn Arditi/The Public's Radio)

Early career scientists in Rhode Island consider leaving the U.S.

The Trump administration’s massive job and funding cuts to science are driving job seekers to look abroad.

Local Coverage

04:01Mar 26, 2025

Professor groups sue feds, claim Khalil arrest and visa actions created 'climate of fear' on campuses

In a lawsuit filed in federal district court in Boston Tuesday morning, the professor associations, including at Harvard, argue the government's policies have chilled speech at higher education institutions across...

Education

Mar 25, 2025

Glorya Fernandez is the first to serve as the Boston Public Library's chef-in-residence. The library is now looking for its second chef. (Lynn Jolicoeur/WBUR)

Learning about 'nutritional literacy' with Boston Public Library's chef-in-residence

The Boston Public Library recently wrapped up the inaugural year of its chef-in-residence program and is searching for its second chef.

Arts & Culture

04:42Mar 24, 2025