Several American universities will keep their campuses in Qatar after Texas A&M University announced its departure from the country. Read more

Virginia law since 2021 has allowed sports betting through casinos and online sports books like FanDuel and BetMGM, with the exception of wagers on state youth and college sports. Read more

American politicians are being inundated with calls from TikTok users unhappy at plans to force its parent company to sell the social media app. Read more

An Education Department rule-making committee went back and forth this week over how and whether states should regulate out-of-state online colleges, but didn’t reach an agreement. Read more

Some of the country’s biggest institutions have suffered bruising defeats of late despite the justice system generally favouring the powerful. What explains this losing streak and will it change anything? Read more

Language is naturally acquired when children are able to use it pleasurably, and language acquisition by children themselves saves both time and labor, said English-language education expert Chen Yaping. Read more

Harvard University dropped its COVID-19 vaccination requirement on Tuesday after previously requiring students to get the vaccine, plus boosters. Read more

Students today are subject to a kind of ideological bullying and intellectual restriction that would have been unimaginable 30 years ago. Read more

The University of Iowa’s learning centers used to hold in-person classes for graduate business and social work students, but those students have preferred remote learning since the pandemic. Read more

It sounds like science fiction. Ocean-going ships with no-one on board. But this vision of the future is coming - and sooner than you might think. Read more