The Taliban have announced the closure of universities for women in Afghanistan, according to a letter by the higher education minister. Read more

The University of California (UC) and graduate student workers have reached a tentative agreement to increase pay and benefits that could end a weeks-long strike. Read more

The State University of New York (SUNY) at Purchase recently reinstated its indoor masking requirement after declaring COVID community level orange. The requirement comes amidst the “tripledemic,” or rising cases of the flu, COVID, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Read more

Scholars split on whether reforms – part of a wider relaxation of rules on doctorates – will tackle research fraud or whether they aim at the wrong target Read more

Cash-strapped New Jersey City University is taking a sharpened axe to its list of academic programs and roster of professors, The Jersey Journal has learned. Read more

The University of Kentucky will restart plans to remove a mural criticized for its depiction of black people after an unrelated incident on campus involving an intoxicated white student using racial slurs against a black student residential hall staffer. Read more

Nations have agreed to protect a third of the planet for nature by 2030 in a landmark deal aimed at safeguarding biodiversity. Read more

The announcement that NYU would pause admissions to its music education program came as a shock to the whole department. Many questions remain unanswered. Read more

Eight programs run by the Medical University of South Carolina are now the subject of a federal investigation by Department of Education officials following a complaint by a nonprofit. Read more

As the college application season rolls on, colleges and universities are beginning to announce their tuition rates for the upcoming 2023-24 academic year. Read more