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An English Professor's Case for Splitting Literature and Composition
A CUNY community college professor argues the AI cheating panic exposes a deeper problem: courses like "Literature and C...
Third-Generation Silva Runs for UDD Student Federation Presidency in Chile
Ernesto Silva Álamos, grandson of Universidad del Desarrollo's founding rector, is running for president of the UDD stud...
Is Meritocracy an Idea Worth Saving? Experts Weigh In on the Concept's Limitations and Future
A panel of experts, including Anastasia Berg, Ross Douthat, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Caitlin Zaloom, gathered to ...
UK's Higher Education System Criticized for Misleading Students
Former Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman and other experts question the value of many university courses, citing hi...
US Student Loans: Trump Rule Cuts Off Funding for Low-Earning Degree Programs
A new rule from the US Department of Education may cut off federal student loans for students in degree programs with lo...
Why the Neo-Academic Cold War Is Tightening Even as Europe and Open Science Push Back
US universities keep winning court battles but losing the funding war, while political shifts in Hungary, Poland and Swe...
Malaysia Hosts South-east Asia's First Women's Liberal Arts College
AWLUC in Penang is using scholarships and flexible study to close Malaysia's female leadership gap, with undergraduate c...
A Month After the Education Department's 'Call to Action,' Most Colleges Are Still Waiting
Florida and North Carolina have answered the Department of Education's August 3 letter, but most institutions are holdin...
South Africa's Academic Xenophobia Warning: Universities Must Choose Between Exclusion and Internationalisation
A Stellenbosch professor tells an IEASA conference that xenophobia and internationalisation cannot coexist, and that uni...
AI Could Help Lecturers Spot Learning Gaps Before Exams Do
A university instructor argues that AI-generated checkpoints and micro-learning can reveal what students miss before end...
Academics Role-Play an Artificial Superintelligence Future in a Zoom Forum
Bryan Alexander's Future Trends Forum asked about 70 higher-ed professionals what a 2027 ASI announcement would mean for...
Tenure-Track Hiring Rose 7% While Campus Staff Jobs Shrank
New CUPA-HR data from 900+ colleges show tenure-track faculty up 7% — the biggest rise since 2016 — while full-time staf...
Columbia's Two-Year Campus Lockdown Is Now Policy, Not a Protest Response
Two years after pro-Palestinian encampments, Columbia's Morningside Heights campus is still closed to the public — a sta...
End of UGC-CARE List Pushes Indian Universities to Build Their Own Research Quality Systems
The withdrawal of India’s UGC-CARE journal list has shifted research evaluation to universities, creating new risks arou...
AI Cyberattacks Shift Into Live Attack Chains as White House Prepares Classified Review
New Check Point and CrowdStrike research shows attackers using AI inside live operations, while universities face identi...
Knowledge Alone Won't Change Behaviour, Virginia Tech Outreach Chief Warns
Mike Gutter says universities must close the gap between understanding and action by designing outreach around community...
Harvard Wins Dismissal of Trump Administration Antisemitism Lawsuit
A federal judge rejected the DOJ's Title VI suit against Harvard, finding the alleged antisemitic incidents too isolated...
Former Cambridge Professor Jason Arday Found Dead at 41
The 41-year-old academic resigned just over a week earlier amid plagiarism accusations; police are treating his death as...
UNAM 2026 Control Exam: Results Due Late August, Seat Allocation Explained
Results for UNAM's replacement entrance exam are expected by 31 August, before the delayed start of the 2026-2027 term; ...
Former Cambridge Professor Jason Arday, 41, Found Dead in South London
Police say the death is unexpected but not suspicious, nine days after Arday resigned amid plagiarism allegations.
Australia’s Higher Education Bill Clears First Hurdle as Ministerial Powers Draw Fire
The opposition will not block the funding overhaul in the lower house, but a Senate inquiry on 24 August leaves the fina...
French Mega-Universities Chase Shanghai Ranking Points Through Star Researchers
A Fields Medal for mathematician Hong Wang is boosting the institutions behind France's merged Paris-Saclay group as the...
Mozambican Author Puts Campus Sexual Harassment on the University Agenda Through a Novel
Sérgio Raimundo's new campus novel turns stories of sexual harassment and abuse of power into a public debate, with univ...
Fitch Warns New Student Visa Time Limits Could Hit US College Revenues
Fitch Ratings says the end of duration of status may raise revenue risks for colleges, particularly those with heavy int...
Academic Editors Warn AI-Generated Reviews Are Creating a 'Missing Middle' in Scholarship
Journal editors say generative AI submissions are surging and erasing decades of peer-reviewed research, hurting knowled...
McMahon’s Seven-Themed Reform Call Forces Colleges to Define Their Public Compact
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has asked colleges to publish commitments on admissions, speech, affordability, AI and...
Settlements, State Compliance and AI Tools Reshape a Higher-Ed Week
Haverford and Minnesota settle high-profile campus cases; South Carolina and Texas A&M face new legal and policy tests; ...
Record UK University Acceptances Mask a Widening Gap Between Elite and Lower-Tariff Providers
Ucas data shows record 446,690 acceptances, but higher-tariff universities gained share while first-choice success fell ...
Why Chinese Educators Want Gansu's Long March Story Taught in Close-Up
A Chinese higher-education commentary argues that pairing grand Long March narratives with local Gansu detail can move s...
Why a Business School Dean Argues Higher Ed Leaders Need a Research Doctorate
Shahnaz Hamid of the London School of Business and Finance argues that a Doctor of Business Administration can help seni...