The University of Michigan recently terminated its contract with a private surveillance company allegedly hired to watch pro-Palestinian campus group following disruptive protests over the last few years. Read more

LinkedIn is the latest media outlet to join the college rankings crowd, with a new top 50 list focused on long-term career success. The Princeton Review also released its latest rankings, rating colleges for career services, politics, food and dozens of other categories. Read more

The indebted institution tasked committees of faculty and staff with planning for changes. But this week, a dean forged ahead and announced broad cuts. Two other units are also pausing admissions. Read more

Some 170 million people got access to Instagram's new location-sharing feature, so why is the Map so empty? In the app's loneliest corners, Meta and its users may be fighting a quiet battle. Read more

The Trump administration has used an arcane administrative process to pull funding from two dozen academic- and cultural-exchange programs run by the U.S. Department of State, effectively killing them. Read more

Graduates of ‘renowned’ domestic or overseas universities targeted as part of bid to become technological superpower Read more

A Seattle University School of Law professor has come under fire for a variety of public comments that appear to advocate for lawlessness. Read more

Two years ago, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that ended affirmative action in college admissions. Last week, President Trump issued a memorandum that indicates he does not believe colleges and universities are complying with the court ruling. Read more

Dozens of fake college websites, which appear to be connected, are pushing scams. Many of the sites appear to be built with or supplemented by generative AI. Read more

Artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity AI has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover bid for the world's most popular web browser, Google Chrome. Read more