Thousands more undergraduates have pulled out of their studies since the start of the academic year, amid suggestions that the pandemic is continuing to take a toll on British universities and students. Read more

Can text messages from a chat bot help keep community college students enrolled? A new study suggests the answer is yes—if designed correctly. Read more

Australia has launched legal action against Facebook's parent company Meta, alleging it allowed scam ads to target users with fake celebrity endorsements. Read more

University leader cuts off Democrat representative's response to question: 'We have a lot of the Chinese students exiting the room, congresswoman, just to let you know.' Read more

When Zhang Na kept a souvenir T-shirt from a stage play about the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, it never occurred to the Fudan University nursing undergraduate that the shirt would one day come under the spotlight. Read more

DePaul University, a Catholic institution, hosted its first ever ‘Queer Prom' this semester. Read more

Ministers will drop the term black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME), beef up local scrutiny of police stop and search and draft a model history curriculum to teach Britain’s “complex” past in response to the Sewell report on racial disparities. Read more

The Democratic chairs of the Senate and House education committees urged President Biden to extend the freeze on student loan payments, which currently is expected to end in May. Read more

In a nod to frustrated faculty, the University of Oregon is giving them more power as pandemic numbers improve. Read more

Adherence to COVID restrictions has become the litmus test for social acceptance, a source of meaning and morality. For isolated individuals, they provide the illusion of being part of a group—part of protecting people and being a good citizen. Read more