Multiple reports warned that President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order to impose severe cutbacks on the U.S. Department of Education and eventually shut the agency down. Read more

More than half of PhD graduates find jobs outside universities after graduating but students complain programmes are still only set up to help create new professors Read more

“Diversity, equity, and inclusion” course requirements in at least 30 states cost students and taxpayers at least $1.8 billion per four-year period. Read more

Educational institutions will now revert to the Title IX regulations first issued during President Donald Trump’s first presidency, the U.S. Department of Education wrote in a “Dear Colleague” letter on Friday. Read more

News reports about the potential executive order come after the Trump administration suspended dozens of department staff. Read more

The union for federal employees said at least 60 staffers were affected by a decision to suspend Education Department officials. Read more

Florida State University is removing hundreds of courses from its general education catalogue to comply with a state law that cracks down on critical race theory curricula. Read more

In recent years, much attention has been directed to declining college enrollment and the growing public disconnection from higher education—and for good reason. But beneath these headlines lies a sneakier problem, one that’s easier to miss but just as troubling. Read more

History shows that there’s nothing sacred about these big pots of money. Read more

More than half of those who earn Ph.D.s now decide to leave academia after graduation. Why, then, do so many graduate programs still assume their students will become professors? Read more