The two institutions debuted Axim Collaborative, a new nonprofit focused on broadening college access. The new venture offers a bold vision with scant details. Read more

673 professors at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) have signed an open letter saying that two education bills in the state legislature “violate the principles of academic freedom and shared governance.” Read more

The number of attempts to sanction scholars for Constitutionally protected speech shot up over the past several years, according to a report recently released by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Read more

Farah Karim-Cooper – one of the UK’s few ethnic minority Shakespeare professors – reflects on being an outsider in a discipline not known for its non-white faces and ponders how diversity can be improved Read more

Dozens of state leaders representing Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) packed the Legislative Office Building on Monday to air their dissent of an approved budget that would lead to more than 650 full-time faculty and staff layoffs, axe 3,000 part-time positions and raise the possibility of potential college closures. Read more

Spain recorded its hottest ever temperature for April on Thursday, hitting 38.7C according to the country's meteorological service. Read more

Reviewing decades of studies, researchers with “adversarial” perspectives conclude that tenure-track women and men in STEM receive comparable grant funding, journal acceptances and recommendation letters—and that women have an edge over men in hiring. Read more

Bartholomew Murphy, a senior studying political science and minoring in legal and leadership studies, recently came out victorious in an SGA senatorial election at the University of Maine (UMaine). He considers himself a conservative and has learned key skills from the Leadership Institute. Read more

A high school student in Louisiana has received more than $9m in scholarship offers, an amount that leaves him at least close to clinching what is believed to be a US record. Read more

As deeply motivated faculty may be about research or molding the young minds of America, it can be difficult to stay motivated when they don’t feel like their salary matches their passion. As squeamish as it can feel to speak about salary with colleagues, a new report dispels the elephant in the room. Read more