An executive order assured apprenticeship and workforce development advocates that their goals were a priority. But Trump’s recent budget proposal leaves them uncertain. Read more

Inside a laboratory nestled above the mist of the forests of south Dakota, scientists are searching for the answer to one of science's biggest questions: why does the Universe exist? Read more

A federal agency is claiming Harvard University may have violated antidiscrimination law through its faculty hiring and promotion decisions, citing the university’s own demographic data, The Washington Free Beacon first reported on Monday. Read more

Universities are offering temporary relief to researchers whose projects have been disrupted by federal funding cuts. Read more

Numerous federal civil rights complaints have been filed by various organizations since the start of President Donald Trump’s administration with the goal of ending race and sex-based discrimination on campuses across the nation. Read more

Appetite for industry-aligned micro-credentials—among learners entering the workforce and employers seeking skilled candidates—is nearly universal, according to a new report from Coursera. Read more

On April 21, the National Institutes of Health notified a researcher at a teaching hospital in the Boston area that her grant was being renewed for the fourth year in a row. In most years, such confirmations are uncontroversial. Read more

Children's behaviour has improved at a school where pupils lock their phones away for most of the day, a head teacher has said. Read more

House Republicans proposed sweeping changes to financial aid, federal loans and program cost estimates that could make paying for college more challenging and expensive. Read more

Yet more universities announce job cuts amid ‘financially challenging environment’ Read more