Despite recent fluctuations and dire future forecasts, the number of college students has grown over the last 30 years. But the number of colleges and universities competing in the higher ed market has not. Read more

TikTok's bid to overturn a law which would see it banned or sold in the US from early 2025 has been rejected. Read more

Faculty say a proposed policy change could lead to AI-run classes at the Universities of Wisconsin System. University officials say their fears are overblown. Read more

Scientists from the favoured areas raise the strongest objections Read more

In July 2023, the Supreme Court issued landmark decisions in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC, ruling that using race as a factor in college admissions is unconstitutional. Read more

Growth in research and development spending hit a 20-year high in higher ed, according to the latest data. Read more

Brown University rejected petitions to ban oil and gas funded research, opting instead for transparency in donations to the school. Read more

Antibiotics are hailed as medical saviours. But they are increasingly facing a crafty adversary: bacteria that mutate and adapt and outwit the very drugs designed to defeat them and cure the infections they cause. Read more

A professor’s accusation that another’s course is antisemitic and dangerous spilled out into public after the interim president weighed in and his private email was shared. Read more

Temple University Japan reports record enrolments and plans Kyoto campus Read more