As the pandemic wanes, many institutions are re-evaluating their campus footprints and looking for ways to create liquidity, experts say. Land remains one of their hottest commodities. Read more

More Americans believe degrees have value and graduates are prepared for work than was true four years ago. But partisan divide is widening (and Independents are losing confidence). Read more

Federal judge green-lights much of a First Amendment case against the University of North Texas brought by an adjunct professor who said he lost a job for “joking” about microaggressions in a faculty lounge. Read more

UT Austin lost a pregnancy- and sex-bias case against a professor who said the university held her motherhood against her in her tenure bid. Now the university owes her $3 million. Read more

The Democratic chairs of the Senate and House education committees urged President Biden to extend the freeze on student loan payments, which currently is expected to end in May. Read more

Can text messages from a chat bot help keep community college students enrolled? A new study suggests the answer is yes—if designed correctly. Read more

Five New York colleges are seeking accreditation from an agency outside their region—among the first to do so since the Trump administration changed the rules to allow it. Others will likely follow. Read more

An online university is offering 1,000 scholarships and opening its virtual doors to Ukrainian students whose studies have been disrupted by the war. Read more

India lacks enough spaces in medical schools, so for years the country has relied on Ukraine to fill the gap for low-income students. Read more

The university removed a statue of its founder from the campus, but will it change its name? That William Peace was a slaveholder has only recently become known. Read more