The continued embrace of diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM combined with a broad decline in academic standards is producing a generation of scientists who are less capable than their predecessors, warned some scientists in recent interviews with The College Fix. Read more

Teachers also using the generative technology to aid with lesson planning, with hopes it could ease the burden of their workload Read more

In a lengthy hearing Wednesday, Democrats argued the Republicans’ College Cost Reduction Act wouldn’t actually lower costs. Read more

Skepticism around Gen Z students’ academic rigor has led some to speculate a level of entitlement absent from previous generations. Regardless of whether higher education faculty would like to comment further on that, employers have made their thoughts abundantly clear in a new survey from ResumeBuilder.com. Read more

Her recommendation to put salt in tea spurs outraged British headlines, a U.S. Embassy statement and a flood of attention for Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. Read more

For almost a quarter of a century, a coterie of the nation’s most elite universities had a legal shield: They would be exempt from federal antitrust laws when they shared formulas to measure prospective students’ financial needs. Read more

In Vermont, a flagship for the first time counts more freshmen from a neighbouring state than from its own population Read more

Military service academies are implementing new regulations allowing cadets to continue their education if they give birth or father children while enrolled. Read more

Countries that are home to about half of the world’s population will hold elections in 2024. Observers consider the role higher education will play in the campaigns and how it might be reshaped by the results. Read more

Elsewhere, Australia and UK improve, but tightening immigration policies could threaten progress Read more