‘National scandal’: quarter of students suffer sexual harassment
‘Shocking figures’ show ‘devastating’ impact on students, with women and LGB people particularly vulnerable Read more
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‘Shocking figures’ show ‘devastating’ impact on students, with women and LGB people particularly vulnerable Read more
A Michigan Tech University student is facing a misdemeanor charge for allegedly stealing hundreds of flags from a conservative club’s Sept. 11 memorial earlier this month. Read more
As students settle into a new school year, about half of those at the state’s public colleges are also working, according to information from California’s Cradle-to-Career data system, which links data from across the educational landscape to the workforce, social services and more. Read more
Income-based tuition guarantees are on the rise, with many universities saying they aim to make their already-generous financial aid policies as explicit as possible. Read more
A million-year-old human skull found in China suggests that our species, Homo sapiens, began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought, researchers are claiming in a new study. Read more
One Monday evening this month, around five George Washington University police officers stood outside the university’s international-affairs school, while two sat inside, making sure nobody entered without scanning their student IDs. Read more
Government ambition to quickly develop up to five elite institutions could end up taking decades, warn experts Read more
More than 6,000 foreign students have lost their visa under the Trump administration, according to State Department data – and several commentators praised the federal government for pulling permission. Read more
In Taiwan they call @ "little mouse". It's "dog" in Russian, "strudel" in Hebrew and "monkey's tail" in Dutch. The @ sign is a mirror, and its story goes back thousands of years. Read more
While U.S. colleges and universities overall have entered a predicted and protracted period of enrollment decline, religious and faith-based schools generally continue decades of growth. More than 850 FBCUs are home to about 1.8 million students. Read more