Next month Nasa will send a new crew into space. And for the first time there will be a Native American woman aboard. Read more

For three weeks, Whitworth University stayed mostly mum about network and website outages, prompting speculation about ransomware and frustrating professors and students. Wednesday it acknowledged a cyberattack. Read more

1,830 colleges and universities did not require incoming students this fall to take the SAT or ACT tests. Read More

Three different groups of conservative, libertarian and classically liberal scholars have created a new set of curriculum standards to combat critical race theory and instill liberty-minded lessons in classrooms. Read more

ED also puts DeVry on notice over job placement claims as it aims to help borrowers get relief from predatory institutions. Read more

Tens of thousands of students who will pick up their A-level results on Thursday face a last-minute scramble to secure places at UK universities, many of which have warned that competition will be fierce and places hard to find for the most popular courses. Read more

When an asteroid slammed into what is now the Gulf of Mexico 66 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs, did it have a companion? Read more

A new report shows that student parents from low-income backgrounds must work 50-plus hours a week at minimum wage in order to afford both tuition at a public college and childcare. Read more

On June 21, the University of Michigan's Anti-Racism Collaborative announced that it awarded $122,000 to 27 graduate students whose projects focused on racial equity, racial justice, and racial inequality. Read more

A University of Utah program that is only open to black students has drawn the scrutiny of the federal Department of Education. Read more