Concerns are increasing about the number of university and college systems in financial distress or drifting toward it—and many may be beyond repair without outside help, according to the latest analysis by education tech company Ellucian. Read more

It’s tough to hang on to a good college president these days. That’s why many institutions dangle lucrative deferred-compensation packages to entice their leaders to stay. Read more

Micah Swartz has also received two written disciplinary warnings since he sent a letter to Alabama lawmakers outlining his concerns about an ongoing state syllabi review. Read more

College students are spending markedly less on textbooks and other course materials than they were two decades ago thanks to the continued expansion of digital learning.

The summer before starting college, Elijah Hurewitz-Ravitch sat in the family room with his dad, discussing what to pack for Yale. His dad handed him one of E&R Laundry’s fliers, assuring Hurewitz-Ravitch that a campus laundry service would save him time.

Fast-track integrated programmes intended to address skills needs and boost postgraduate enrolments should not compromise research and curriculum design Read more

Framed posters of the Ten Commandments began to adorn classroom walls and hallways across the University of Arkansas this week as campus leaders work to comply with a new state law. Read more

With the fall semester reaching its midpoint and a new academic year in full swing, students are settling into routines on campus—but for many recent graduates, the season brings a different reality. Read more

Many professors in the humanities are giving up on assigning papers. Working against the tsunami of AI writing is exhausting and disheartening. Those with heavy course loads can’t do it anymore. Read more

If you look closer at the building stones, tiles and pavements of the big city, you can find a hidden world of geology and history, from fascinating fossils to unusual rocks. Read more