Judge in Boston weighs case of detained Tufts Ph.D. student

A federal judge in Boston considered Thursday a case involving a Tufts University Ph.D. student taken into custody in Massachusetts and moved by Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities to Louisiana last week. The government claimed in a filing Tuesday that Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student and Fulbright Scholar, had already been removed from Massachusetts

States to Certify Anti-Discrimination Commitment or Lose Federal Education Funding

States have 10 days to return signed forms acknowledging compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 2023 Supreme Court decision. State education agencies must now certify that schools under their jurisdiction are not discriminating against students or employees based on race or national origin to remain eligible for future federal funding, officials said