Two in five students think degree not needed for ‘good career’
Proportion of young people planning to attend university full-time has fallen to just over half, survey suggests Read more
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After the House v. NCAA Settlement: Will college athletes be able to gain real power by 2035?
As college sports hurtle into a new era of revenue sharing and tighter reins on third-party payments, the landscape is shifting fast—and not without friction. Read more
Reports of Chinese espionage at Stanford prompt freedom concerns at home and abroad
“They’re afraid for their families. In many ways, they can’t even think freely, even in a free country,” Stanford University’s Elsa Johnson said of Chinese students who study there. Read more
Colleges aren’t supposed to fiddle with their Wikipedia pages. They try anyway.
Earlier this year, the president of Connecticut College approached John Nugent, its director of institutional research and planning, with a question. Read more
OpenAI claims GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has unveiled the long-awaited latest version of its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, GPT-5, saying it can provide PhD-level expertise. Read more
Oklahoma Agrees to End In-State Tuition for Noncitizens After DOJ Sues
The U.S. Department of Justice sued the state of Oklahoma Tuesday over a state law that allows undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates. Oklahoma is now the fourth state the DOJ has sued for having such a policy. Read more
Royal Society to make journals open access from next year
UK science academy adopts ‘subscribe to open’ model, with libraries being asked to back transition Read more
MIT professor says she spends ‘a third’ of ‘working hours’ fighting Trump ‘terrorism’
When Professor Catherine D’Ignazio isn’t running the “Data + Feminism” lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology or organizing “reproductive justice hackathons” she is fighting Donald Trump’s “state terrorism.” Read more
Statewide effort prioritizes mental health support for students
A Health Minds Study conducted last year at the 16 schools across the Kentucky Community and Technical College System revealed the need for more mental health support for students. Read more
Community College Instructor Quits Over Barring Noncitizens From Adult Ed
Johnson County Community College now requires adult education students to show proof of immigration status. One instructor refused and quit in protest Read more
