Spanish degree scandals raise wider questions over quality
Accusations of academic malpractice have forced two resignations and reached the prime minister
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Grand Canyon University skips survey for U.S. News rankings. Here’s why
Some college administrators eagerly await the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings on the country's best colleges, anxious to see how their school fared.
China shuts down 4,000 websites in purge on ‘improper values’
China has shut down thousands of websites and online accounts following a three-month campaign against "harmful" content, the state news agency Xinhua has announced.
Climate change could turn megacities into death traps
From Canada to the United Kingdom to Japan, heat waves exacerbated by climate change have swept across the globe this summer, leaving a trail of death.
A Trump effect at journalism schools? Colleges see a surge in admissions.
Roxanne Ready plunged into fall classes at the University of Maryland with the enthusiasm typical of a graduate student who wants to switch careers. She also has a bit of extra motivation.
Emails show Yale profs cancel class for Kavanaugh hearing
More than a dozen Yale Law School professors canceled or rescheduled classes on Monday because of the Judge Brett Kavanaugh hearing.
Fears for repositories after EU backs new copyright rules
Libraries worry that they could be caught up in a drive to force platforms like YouTube to share their profits with creators
Yale Law Investigates Allegation on Kavanaugh
Did faculty members encourage female applicants for his clerkships to appear like models?
Scrabble gets 300 new words in US dictionary revamp
Scrabble players will now be able to use words such as "OK" and "ew" after US dictionary company Merriam-Webster announced it was adding 300 new words in the latest edition of the game's dictionary.
The state of the sustainability profession, 2018
Every other year we release our State of the Profession report, albeit a little bit later than usual this time around.
