One student who isn’t voting this year said the candidates were “trash,” while another said they doubted it would matter much whether Harris or Trump won. Read more

Declines in international student numbers blamed for fresh round of university redundancies Read more

A startup in the US, Heliospect, appears to be preparing to launch a service to enable parents to select ‘desirable’ traits Read more

The University of Chicago received a $100 million anonymous gift to advance the school’s Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression. The donation came almost exactly one year after the launch of the forum in October 2023. Read more

College closures are showing no sign of slowing down in 2024 following a report from Implan, an economic software and analysis company, that revealed at least 20 colleges have shuttered so far this year. Read more

We often think of art as uniquely human, something that separates us from machines. But what happens when an algorithm takes over to create images based on data? We meet Ai-Da, the world's first artist robot to find out how AI is blurring the line between creation and automation and raising questions about the essence of art itself. Read more

The Education Department has selected 200 colleges eligible for recognition of their efforts to boost degree completion. But some experts question how it chose the institutions. Read more

Nova university programme criticised for only having white instructors and for some of its content, such as session on ‘does racism really exist?’ Read more

An admissions counselor at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania recently shared a social media post condemning supporters of former President Donald Trump, calling them “pieces of s***,” as seen from a screenshot obtained by Campus Reform. Read more

New research from a Harvard University professor refutes a widely cited study that concluded black newborns had better survival rates when cared for by black doctors. Read more