Borrowers will resume payments on federal student loans on Feb. 1, nearly two years after repayments were deferred due to the pandemic. The vast majority of borrowers say they won’t be ready to pay. Read more

Royal academy argues that more collaboration is key to lessening tensions between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Read more

A new report outlines the efforts of four community colleges to better support single mothers trying to earn degrees. Read more

More and more states are creating lottery-funded scholarship programs, but they disproportionately hurt the people they’re often intended to help. Read more

About one-third of law schools already accept it. Will the rest now follow suit? Read more

Five major textbook publishers band together in a lawsuit accusing e-commerce hub Shopify of enabling digital piracy. Read more

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Under Secretary James Kvaal focus instead on actions the department is taking to ease borrowers’ loan burden. Read more

Congress passed a temporary measure to avoid a government shutdown, but that means higher education spending levels will remain as is until February—at least. Read more

With students disagreeing on how acceptable some actions are, colleges must carefully handle cheating reports and manage accusations fairly. Read more

Massive contracts for college football coaches have prompted criticism from some administrators and elected officials, but economists note such paydays have been building to this level for years. Read more