In March, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to ban the wildly popular app TikTok if its owner, China-based company ByteDance, did not sell its stake in the company. The move forced colleges to weigh the benefits and potential consequences if the app were removed from campus WiFi. Read more
Muslim pupil loses case against Michaela community school, run by former government social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh Read more
A meteorite that landed in a sheep field was repeatedly smashed apart and reassembled on the journey through space, scientists reveal. Read more
Despite widespread concerns about AI among secular and nonsecular institutions, religious colleges are treating generative AI as a tool for lessons that go beyond academics and also focus on the whole person. Read more
Amid a looming flux of change for DEI policies in higher education in Ohio, the Kent State University Women’s Center just gave out new Gender, Equity, Advocacy, and Representation awards to honor “gender equity” activists. Read more
Colleges and universities must create more robust data networks to efficiently analyze their graduates’ occupational outcomes and ensure that more of their credentials can serve today’s high-growth industries, declares an inaugural report from the Strada Education Foundation, an education company focused on increasing upward mobility. Read more
‘Clarkonomics’ has proved a big boost for local economies wherever the University of Iowa basketballer plays, and experts explain her record-breaking tournament performances have been a slam dunk for the institution Read more
An advocacy group is recruiting students from both major political parties to push for university divestment from Chinese government-controlled entities. Read more
Most American colleges and universities require the completion of courses that emphasize Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)-related topics to graduate, according to a new report surveying public and private institutions. Read more
Coral around the world is turning white and even dying as recent record ocean heat takes a devastating toll. Read more
