As of June 16, Progress, a business application software, has announced a flurry of new patches for a vulnerability in its large data file transfer service, MOVEit Transfer. However, the fixes could not come quickly enough, as multiple higher education institutions and affiliated organizations have announced data breaches. Read more

The academic attainment of primary schoolchildren in England remains significantly lower than before Covid, according to the latest Sats results, which are virtually unchanged from last year. Read more

Threads will add an alternative home feed of posts as part of a series of updates to the new social media app after users complained. Read more

Faculty and students are taking to learning in the metaverse, but universities wonder how they will pay for it once Meta’s two-year pilot program ends. Read more

Extreme weather such as droughts, cyclones, wildfires and heat waves are becoming more frequent and intense around the world, as climate change continues to cause a lot of damage. The damage is huge. People are losing their homes, livelihoods and their lives. Read more

Computer programs that are used to detect essays, job applications and other work generated by artificial intelligence can discriminate against people who are non-native English speakers, researchers say. Read more

But some signs of an exodus are apparent. Read more

The conservative American Spectator magazine recently published a list of their editors’ top recommendations for conservative colleges and universities across the nation. Read more

Byju's, once among the most valued edtech start-ups in the world and a darling of investors during the Covid-19 pandemic, has seen a dramatic downturn in its fortunes after operational and financial setbacks in recent months. Experts say it marks a necessary correction in the bull run of Indian start-ups. Read more

It may help to identify minority students, but experts caution against expecting essays to replace affirmative action. Read more