Republican lawmakers and a university president pushed a bill last year that would diminish faculty job protections at two institutions. It failed by a hair, but the State Board of Higher Education has taken up the mantle. Read more

Leaders’ claims that their appointments owe nothing to their political affiliations are wide of the mark, says an observer Read more

Texas elementary school students would get a significant dose of Bible knowledge with their reading instruction under a sweeping curriculum redesign unveiled on Wednesday. Read more

Seven colleges received a perfect score for their core curriculum, according to a higher education reform group. Read more

Many future jobs won’t require a bachelor’s degree, according to a new report. But institutions aren’t offering credentials in the right fields to meet labor market demand. Read more

Artificial intelligence is being used in the hunt to find an endangered male plant, described as the world's loneliest, a female partner. Read more

College athletics may never be the same after the NCAA voted on a landmark settlement that will pay out former Division I athletes over the last 10 years and that allows schools to share their athletics revenue with their athletes. Read more

Coalition agreement involves major cuts to research and university funding alongside harsh new measures for students Read more

About half the students who got in touch skip lectures, with many ‘disappointed’ with the experience and others forced to prioritise paid work Read more

Private nonprofit institutions are providing their students with historic levels of tuition discounts and institutional grant aid, but it’s coming at a cost to their net tuition revenue, a new analysis from the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) has found. Read more