New poll: Students say free speech matters until someone says something offensive
71 percent of students would report a professor for saying something offensive, according to results Read more
How off-campus housing support builds student success at this university
At Colorado State University, off-campus housing is viewed as the foundation of academic success. Off-Campus Life, a department within the university, helps students find stability and community. T Read more
With Compact, Universities weigh whether to give up freedoms for unknown payout
Higher ed organizations have raised alarm over a federal government document that asks universities to agree to significant restrictions without specifying what they’ll gain—or what they’ll lose for refusing. Read more
Scammers using AI to lure shoppers to fake businesses
Unscrupulous foreign firms are using AI-generated images and false back stories to pose as family-run UK businesses to lure in shoppers. Read more
What It’s Like to Be an Autism Scientist Funded by the Trump Administration
When President Trump told pregnant women last week to avoid Tylenol, citing the unproven claim that it can cause autism in children, experts around the world were aghast. Read more
Regulate ‘inflated’ v-c salaries, Australian senators told
Institutional autonomy ‘not threatened’ by proposal to more than halve executive pay, academics say, as universities insist councils should maintain control Read more
Only 14 states require colleges to teach students about civics: report
Only 14 states require civics courses to be included in college general education programs, according to a new report by the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal released Monday. Read more
Federal workers sue the Education Department over partisan shutdown emails
A federal workers union is suing the Trump administration for inserting language into Department of Education employees’ out-of-office email messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown. Read more
Despite return-to-Campus push, remote work in Higher Ed is increasingly popular
Around one in eight employees in higher education can work remotely, according to estimates released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics — up from around one in 13 in 2019. Read more
MrBeast: AI means it’s ‘scary times’ for YouTube creators
The world's biggest YouTuber, MrBeast, says the rapid advance of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is "scary" for the "millions of creators currently making content for a living". Read more
