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Trump signs executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education

Trump signs executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education

Hannah Piedad, Assistant News Editor March 20, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education on Thursday, March 20. The executive order calls on the Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, to “take...

President Eli Capilouto addresses executive order changes, potential impacts to UK

President Eli Capilouto addresses executive order changes, potential impacts to UK

Sylvia Freire, Reporter February 28, 2025

President Eli Capilouto said the University of Kentucky is responding to recent executive orders made by the Trump administration in an email to the campus community.  On Feb. 28, Capilouto addressed...

The Wildcats lead the Gamecocks at the start of the second half of the UK vs. University of South Carolina men’s basketball game on Saturday, March 6, 2021, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 92-64. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Executive order signed to allow Kentucky athletes to benefit from NIL

Barkley Truax June 24, 2021

University of Kentucky athletes can profit from their celebrity starting July 1st. Kentucky’s Governor Andy Beshear signed an executive order Thursday to allow Division One collegiate athletes across...

HBCUs disappointed in new executive order

Madison Rexroat March 2, 2017

President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that moves the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to the White House instead of the Department of Education....

Increased border security has adverse effects

Megan Brown February 27, 2017

A lonely service member ships a package from Stuttgart, Germany to his college daughter who is in a different country. It is one of their only forms of communication because of long distance phone calls...

International enrollment

International college applications on the rise despite Trump’s order

Madison Rexroat February 7, 2017

According to a Wall Street Journal survey of 12 top schools for international enrollment, colleges have received more applications from foreign students this academic year than in the 2015-2016 school...

Citizens urged to look past fear in light of travel ban

Aayat Ali February 6, 2017

“When I lock the doors of my home at night, it is not because I hate the people outside my home. I lock them out because I love the people inside my home.”This supposed heartfelt sentiment of Donald...

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