Penn Medicine’s Black Doctors Directory can no longer exclude members based on race following a recent district court ruling in favor of the medical advocacy group Do No Harm. Read more

Loneliness is on the rise among college students. Nearly two-thirds of students now report feeling lonely, and those who do are more than four times as likely to experience severe psychological distress. The consequences are significant. Read more

Apple has pulled apps that let users flag sightings of officers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Read more

Advocates condemned the proposal, which asked nine universities to overhaul admissions, hiring and speech policies and to suppress criticism of conservatives in exchange for more federal money. Read more

City told to resist ‘mainlandisation’ amid fears that expansion is placing growing strain on staff and resources Read more

Reports of Texas Christian University allegedly canceling a Turning Point USA event with detransitioner Chloe Cole caught the attention of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this week. Read more

If the 264 million students enrolled in higher education around the globe were a country, it would be the fifth most populous in the world. Read more

Federal officials are raising long-standing concerns with research journals and the academic incentive structures propping them up. But experts say the government alone can’t overhaul the industry. Read more

A mobile phone app which supports people recovering from hip and knee surgery could save a Devon hospital trust up to £50,000 a year, doctors have said. Read more

The American Association of University Professors and other academic groups won a resounding victory on Tuesday when a judge ruled that the Trump administration had “chilled” their members’ rights to express their views. Read more