Chen Jian stayed in the training workshop of a technical school in Fuzhou, Fujian province, during the May Day holiday, practicing skills for a vocational competition. Read more

Jewish students are enrolling less at many of the Ivies and going to a broader range of institutions than before. Read more

During the University of Pennsylvania’s latest admissions cycle, the highly competitive university took a moment to appreciate its tradition of applicants hailing from alumni. It went on to say that these students will be thoroughly considered—but in no way different than other applicants, according to the university’s admissions page. Read more

More than 40 leading scientists have resigned en masse from the editorial board of a top science journal in protest at what they describe as the “greed” of publishing giant Elsevier. Read more

Halving board members’ terms to allow influx of security experts risks ‘dangerous’ infringement on university autonomy, sector warns Read more

A University of Florida African American Studies course interprets the horror genre based on “racial identity and oppression” while using materials on “whiteness,” “black feminism,” and “queering personhood.” Read more

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) recommended using “wimmin” in place of the word “women,” since the latter contains the word “men.” Read more

A number of the Pulitzer Prize winners in arts and letters announced Monday have strong ties to academe. Read more

The behaviour of children as young as eight is being affected by them viewing pornography, the children's commissioner for England has said. Read more

Pennsylvania State University’s College of Arts and Architecture created a “racial-justice grants” program for projects that “[seek] to understand racial and social inequities and structural injustice in the United States and beyond.” Read more