Humans share elements of a common language with other apes, understanding many gestures that wild chimps and bonobos use to communicate. Read more

Arizona State University will soon offer credit-bearing courses that begin on YouTube. Is the behemoth online video-sharing website the missing ingredient in engaging more learners on the margins? Read more

Wayne State University will promote “Black Studies” and hire race-focused faculty with the help of a $6 million grant. Read more

UK universities must think as one with civic leaders and businesses to boost regions as Boston peers have, says influential peer Lord O’Neill Read more

A substitute teacher in California was fired -- and could be charged -- after a video showed him slamming a student to the ground for calling him a racial slur. Read more

North Dakota’s House majority leader has filed legislation that would let the presidents of Dickinson State, Bismarck State and perhaps other colleges review tenured faculty at any time—and fire them, with no employee power to appeal. Read more

You definitely shouldn't panic but there is a biggish asteroid about to pass by Earth in the coming hours. Read more

Up to 80 percent of faculty and staff positions at Arizona’s three public universities now require applicants to subscribe to diversity, equity and inclusion statements, according to a new Goldwater Institute report. Read more

Now more than ever, students are demanding more from their college or university of choice. And if we learned anything from the pandemic, it’s that education is becoming more and more about the student experience. Read more

Sector faces years of uncertainty after a series of economic and political crises in the country Read more