Colleges and Universities

• Justice Department Sues Virginia Over Tuition Aid for Unauthorized Immigrants - The department said the state’s policy of granting unauthorized immigrants in-state financial aid at public colleges and universities violates federal law.
• In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel - It is the latest twist in the marquee battle of the administration’s campaign to rein in colleges and universities it views as too liberal.
• CNBC's Official College Sports Valuations 2025: Top 75 athletic programs - The programs are worth a combined $51.22 billion, 13% more than the top 75 in last year's rankings.
• Suspect in MIT Professor’s Death Was an Ex-Classmate from Portugal, Prosecutors Say - Nuno F.G. Loureiro, the professor, attended the same physics program in Portugal as the man suspected in his killing.
• A Reddit Post Led to a Breakthrough in the Brown Shooting Investigation - A Reddit user provided information that helped identify Claudio Manuel Neves Valente as not only the suspect in the campus shooting, but also the murder of an M.I.T. professor.
• What We Know About the Suspect in the Brown and M.I.T. Killings - Officials identified a man from Portugal as the suspect in the deadly shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor. The police said on Thursday he died from a self-inflicted gunshot.
• Trump Administration to Appeal Harvard Funding Case - Facing a deadline to appeal, the Justice Department told the courts late Thursday that it would try to overturn a judge’s ruling in favor of Harvard.
• Search for Suspect in Brown University Shooting Stretches to 4th Day - Officials said that they were working with physical evidence, including DNA, and that they were seeking a second man who appeared to have crossed paths with the possible suspect.
• A Massacre in Australia, and Rob Reiner Is Found Dead in ‘Apparent Homicide’ - Plus, the hunt for the gunman in a shooting at Brown University.
• Hospitalized Brown Student Describes Hiding from Shooter - The student, in his first year at Brown, described helping others who were more seriously injured than he was as they hid in their classroom.