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        <title><![CDATA[Liam Knox]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Liam Knox is an education policy reporter for Bloomberg News in Washington, DC.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Northeastern’s Merger With NYC College Finally Nears Finish Line]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-30/northeastern-s-merger-with-nyc-college-finally-nears-finish-line</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Ryan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:37:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Marymount Manhattan College in New York on Sept. 11, 2024.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Targets Top Medical Schools as Next Higher Ed Battleground]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Knox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Grad Students Face Costly Private Loans After Federal Cuts]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Many borrowers will pay more to plug a $10 billion gap.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Plans Major Shake-Up of College Oversight Rules]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Department of Education headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. There was no sign of progress as government workers and military personnel prepare for missed paychecks and the general public begins to feel the effects of the closure on everything from taxpayer services to air travel. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Administration to Move Education HQ in Downsizing Push]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gregory Korte]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:59:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The US Department of Education headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The Education Department is pushing to terminate half of its more than 4,000 employees, the Trump administration&apos;s first major step in dismantling an agency it has targeted to shutter completely.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Probes Stanford’s Medical School Over Admission Policy, Report Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Knox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:46:33 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The School of Medicine at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Harvard Faces Pressure From New Trump Administration Probes]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:59:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pedestrians walk through Harvard Yard on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Demand for Admissions Data Sends Wary Colleges Scrambling]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-23/trump-s-demand-for-admissions-data-sends-wary-colleges-scrambling</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Knox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:30:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Shifts Federal Student Loan Management From Education Department]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/education-department-under-trump-sheds-1-7-trillion-student-loan-portfolio</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Knox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:55:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Commuters outside the Department of Education in Washington. Photographer: Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Takes College Crusade to the Courtroom in Strategic Shift]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-27/trump-takes-college-crusade-to-the-courtroom-in-strategic-shift</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Knox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:24:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[DOJ Sues UCLA Claiming It Ignored Antisemitism Toward Staff]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-24/trump-officials-accuse-ucla-in-lawsuit-of-ignoring-antisemitism</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Gittelsohn]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 21:12:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to Shred a Federal Agency]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Republicans have been trying to dissolve the Department of Education since it was created. Under Trump, they've come closer to making that a reality, dismantling it step by step.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Harvard is Well-Positioned to Weather Trump’s Latest Attack]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The school may be less inclined to cut a deal that can be revoked later.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-03/why-harvard-is-well-positioned-to-weather-trump-s-latest-attack</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Knox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s $1 Billion Demand Resets Stakes of Harvard Talks]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-03/trump-s-1-billion-demand-resets-stakes-of-harvard-talks</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Knox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:43:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Lowell House on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[For Trump, Student Loans Are an Affordability Liability]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A crackdown on delinquent borrowers is set aside in the first month of a midterm election year.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-28/student-loan-paycheck-withholding-plan-set-aside-amid-affordability-push</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Knox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:15:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>More than 40% of borrowers report making trade-offs between student loan payments and basic needs.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Delays Seizing Wages of Student Borrowers as Affordability Push Ramps Up]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-16/trump-delays-plan-to-seize-wages-of-student-borrowers-amid-affordability-push</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Knox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:22:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[College Diversity Drops Again as Trump Ramps Up Scrutiny]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Knox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:56:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Harvard University students wearing graduation gowns walk through Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Thursday, May 29, 2025. US President Donald Trump said Harvard University should cap foreign student enrollment at 15%, ratcheting up his effort to force policy changes at the elite institution. Photographer: Mel Musto/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Set to Garnish Wages for Student Debt Collection in 2026]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:14:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OpenAI Inks Deals With Colleges, Seizing Early Lead in Education Market]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-18/schools-ink-chatgpt-copilot-deals-with-students-embracing-ai</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brody Ford]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The California State University system is paying OpenAI $15 million a year to provide ChatGPT to 500,000 people.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Frustration Mounts as Brown Campus Shooter Remains at Large]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Ryan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:58:44 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>People gather for a candlelight vigil at Brown University on Dec. 14. Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America</media:description>
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