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

University of North Carolina will create an internal unit to build and manage online programs from the system’s 17 campuses for learners largely ignored by many universities. Read more

Was it legitimate for some leading scholars to criticize plans to add Māori knowledge to the school curriculum? Read more

An undocumented graduate of UCLA created an alumni association to help undocumented alumni navigate the challenges of life after college. Now other institutions are following suit. Read more

Under a new initiative from MIT Press, early purchasing commitments from a subset of libraries will make the spring 2022 slate of monographs and edited collections open access. Read more

Professors seek a united faculty voice against legislative incursions into the curriculum with respect to the teaching of race. Read more