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Graduate Students Should Stop Worrying About AI and Focus on the Skills They Already Have
A career development expert argues that instead of trying to predict the next hot job, PhDs and postdocs should learn to...
Colleges Expand Student Support Initiatives: Housing, Wellness, and Financial Perks
From Texas State's housing guidance to Florida State's Greek life career push, universities are rolling out new programs...
Australia's University Funding Overhaul Faces Backlash Over Caps and Ministerial Overreach
Submissions to a Senate inquiry reveal broad unease: a bill promising 200,000 extra student places is seen as a vehicle ...
EU Membership Won't Quickly Fix Montenegro's University Research Gaps, Experts Say
While EU accession promises new funding and mobility, limited administrative and research capacity holds back Montenegro...
Small UK Higher Education Providers Face Systemic Barriers to Industry Links, Report Finds
A new report from Independent Higher Education warns that slow regulatory cycles, rigid graduate outcome measures and in...
Imperial College Leans on Student Inventions and Beef Ban to Reach Net Zero
Imperial College London has banned beef, adopted seaweed packaging from alumni start-up Notpla, and committed £79.8m to ...
Researchers Propose 'One Body, Four Wings' Digital Model to Overhaul Entrepreneurship Education in China's Local Universities
A new research paper outlines a digitally native framework designed to fix fragmented curricula, passive teaching, and w...
Academic Smugness Is Fueling Higher Ed's Crisis of Trust, Argues Andrew Delbanco
In a wide-ranging interview, the Columbia professor and National Humanities Medalist discusses the roots of academia's r...
University Presidents Distance Themselves From Helping the Trump Administration Draft Its Higher-Ed Vision
Leaders at AAU and major research universities say they did not write the Education Department’s “Compact 2.0” letter, b...
States Scramble to Align Data and Programs for Workforce Pell Access
As Workforce Pell opens federal aid to short-term credentials, states find their noncredit data systems and program leng...
Peer Review Decade: How ENIC-NARIC Centres Strengthened Recognition Through Quality Assurance
A 10-year analysis finds the ENIC-NARIC peer review tool helps recognition centres uncover blind spots, implement the Li...
Federal Civil Rights Investigation Puts Two California Universities at Risk of Losing Funding
The U.S. Department of Education opens Title VI investigations into San Jose State and San Francisco State amid allegati...
Inside CETYS University’s Business Solutions Programme: 429 Students, 88 Company Projects in One Semester
A practical guide to embedding real-world consulting projects in management education, drawn from a successful Mexican i...
Cambridge to review professorial hiring processes after Arday misconduct row
Cambridge University will examine how it appoints senior academics after the controversial case of Jason Arday, the youn...
Serbian Students Still Choose Psychology and Medicine Over Engineering Despite Labor Market Gaps
Enrollment data from Serbia’s first university admission round shows psychology, medicine, and management remain top cho...
Why 'Alignment' Defines Higher Ed's Austerity Turn—and What It Conceals
As financial and political pressures mount, 'alignment' has become higher education's ubiquitous justification for progr...
A $10M Defamation Verdict Against a TikTok Psychic Exposes Higher Ed’s Online Harassment Blind Spot
When a University of Idaho professor was falsely accused of murder by a viral TikTok psychic, her employer declined lega...
How to Transfer Ph.D. Programs: A Student’s Practical Advice
A doctoral candidate who successfully moved to another university shares six actionable tips to demystify the opaque Ph....
University of Tennessee Takes on Anthropic Over AI Architecture Patents
The University of Tennessee has launched a patent suit against Anthropic, alleging the AI firm’s core technology infring...
UNAM Sets August Dates for 2026 Control Exam After Cheating Scandal in Online Admissions
UNAM will hold an in‑person control exam for aspirants whose online admission test scores were flagged as suspicious. Ke...
How a UK–Ghana Project Boosted Female STEM Academics' Publication and Leadership Prospects
A British Council-funded partnership combined writing workshops, mentorship, and leadership training for 28 Ghanaian fem...
Report calls for OfS powers to block high-risk university franchise deals
A new Hepi paper argues the English regulator should be able to veto large-scale franchise partnerships unless they demo...
Karl Ove Knausgaard Takes the MLA Stage: Canon or Fad?
At the Modern Language Association's annual meeting, two sessions on the Norwegian author divided scholars over whether ...
NYU Vice Provost Argues Colleges Shouldn't Chase a Unified AI Policy
An NYU vice provost argues that searching for one campus-wide AI policy is the wrong goal — and that professors quietly ...
UK MPs Demand Clarity on Science Policy as DSIT Abolition Leaves Portfolios in Limbo
A UK parliamentary committee is pressing ministers to confirm responsibilities and staffing two weeks after DSIT's aboli...
Okta Pitches Automated Identity Governance to Campuses Overwhelmed by Access Sprawl
A new Okta white paper argues universities' overlapping roles — students who are also staff, faculty running research — ...
Federal Agencies Review Columbia's $5 Billion in Grants, Eye Stop-Work Orders
HHS, the Education Department and GSA are reviewing Columbia University's $5 billion in grants and $51.4 million in cont...
University of Valley Forge to Close After Summer 2026 Semester
The 87-year-old Pennsylvania Christian university will suspend operations after the Summer 2026 semester, becoming the s...
Four-Year Visa Cap Clashes With NCAA's Five Seasons for International Athletes
New federal limits cap international students at four years in the U.S., colliding with the NCAA's five-season eligibili...
CSAB 2026 Mock Seat Allotment Out July 31; Here’s How to Check and What It Means
The Central Seat Allocation Board’s indicative seat allotment gives engineering aspirants a preview of their likely coll...