A former leftist prosecutor in San Francisco who lost a recall election as district attorney due to voter dissatisfaction with his soft-on-crime policies is going to be paid $210,000 per year in his new job at the University of California Berkeley. Read more

A university has come under fire for proposing to make the first British person of African heritage to become a professor of history in the UK redundant and cut the course he runs. Read more

Twenty-nine people suspected of providing fake registration information for students taking the high school entrance exam in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, in June have been arrested, and 11 have been criminally detained. Read more

Google’s decision to limit free storage for universities has kicked off a scramble to preserve lifetime email or manage the fallout. Read more

A pair of rare Apple trainers are being sold by auction house Sotheby's for $50,000 (£38,969). Read more

To restore Americans’ low confidence in higher education, colleges should dismantle the diversity, equity and inclusion bureaucracies and showcase their potential to transform students’ lives, one contrarian political scientist argued in the wake of a poll that found the nation’s confidence in higher ed has plummeted. Read more

Much of the noise being made by Republicans is political at heart. But right-leaning think tanks — and even some policymakers — are focused on making colleges more accountable for students’ economic outcomes. Read more

Tokyo could use figures to justify more heavy-handed sector intervention, academics say Read more

Abraham Lincoln’s namesake college will open again in the city that’s also named for the 16th president, Lincoln Mayor Tracy Welch said on Friday. Read more

Colleges and universities are seeking to expand their horizons by embracing innovative new ways to reach students and generate revenue. Consequently, professional and continuing education (PCE) units are a ripe sector to explore. However, as technology becomes more sophisticated and integrated into an institution’s culture, higher ed leaders seem unprepared to blend these exciting new opportunities with the old guard—the academic registrar. Read more