Barnard College, a private women’s college in New York City, will give students access to medication abortion — abortion pills — as soon as fall of next year, school officials announced Thursday. Read more

A series of lectures that began in early September and continued through this month aimed to challenge — and debunk — the argument that Christopher Columbus was a racist, colonizing murderer. Read more

Exactly where FAFSA simplification stands is unknown, and concrete guidance for colleges and universities has been scant. Read more

Conservative firebrand Matt Walsh took the stage at the University of Illinois on Thursday night, challenging transgender ideology and declaring it’s the hill he is “willing to die on” as protesters chanted “trans women are women” outside the venue. Read more

The University of Minnesota (U of M) and Minnesota State University are entering into a collaboration designed to address the nursing workforce crisis. Read more

Nebraska Senator Dr. Ben Sasse will potentially be stepping down from his office to become the next University of Florida (UF) president. Read more

Professors say the changes violate a foundational college rule and stand to change Oberlin forever—not for the better. Read more

Students walked out of University of Southern Maine (USM) professor Christy Hammer’s class on Sept. 14 after she reportedly said that there are only two biological sexes. Read more

The firing of a New York University (NYU) professor who was the subject of a petition from students who said his class was too hard continues to stoke controversy, as some parents and teachers say the incident points to a lowering of academic standards. Read more

After scrambling fall courses by withdrawing more than 1,380 ebooks, Wiley now says it will restore access to the course materials. Its short-term solution leaves many librarians unsatisfied. Read more