Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law a bill that outlaws spending on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public colleges and universities, saying at a news conference the “whole experiment of DEI is coming to an end in the state of Florida.” Read more

Carnegie Mellon University will soon open a federally funded artificial intelligence institute focused on finding ways to use AI to benefit public health, disaster management and other societal needs. Read more

Astronomers have discovered what they believe to be the largest explosion ever detected. Read more

A U of Missouri faculty committee report says professors have been pressured to withdraw tenure and promotion applications, or to apply to non-tenure-track positions before even submitting tenure applications. Read more

The Ministry of Education has asked universities to increase their hiring of academic research assistants to boost the employment of college graduates. Read More

Harvard University students continue their fight against the university’s association with the Sackler family, owners of the OxyContin producers Purdue Pharma, in partnership with an outside advocacy group. Read more

Costly residential degrees will eat up LLE funding, leaving ‘difficult choices about how to divide up the cake’, warns OU v-c in Hepi paper Read more

Experts and advocates worry that the Education Department lacks adequate funds and won’t be able to prevent high rates of default and delinquency when student loan payments eventually turn back on. Read more

Google has announced it is rolling out generative artificial intelligence (AI) to its core search engine. Read more

Beginning in the 2024-25 academic year, legislative negotiators have reached a deal to make college tuition free for residents whose families make less than $80,000 a year. Read more