Scholars question whether open access platforms could step in to replace dominance of China National Knowledge Infrastructure

Wendy Brown says 'academic freedom needs to be appreciated as a collective right of the faculty to be free of interference in determining what we research and teach.' Read more

Too many obstacles block students who left college from returning to get degrees they were close to earning, according to a new report on an initiative to get those students over the finish line. Read more

A student at the University of Central Florida was reported in September 2019 to the school’s bias response team for referring to older people as “boomers” on Facebook, which the complainant considered an “ageist slur.” Read more

In response to complaints that 'Latinx' is culturally insensitive, 'gender non-binary and feminist' activists have proposed 'Latine' as an alternative. Read more

More than two months after they were unveiled, the government’s student loan changes have now been reviewed and analysed in detail, with experts concluding they will be a gamechanger for higher education in England – but not in the way ministers hope. Read more

Some community colleges have dropped the word “community” from their names as institutions re-envision their academic offerings and try to avoid negative stereotypes. Read more

In analyzing 80 million job postings, a labor market analytics firm found employers seek skills such as critical thinking four times more frequently than the top-five technical skills. Read more

From attempts to cancel conservative Matt Walsh’s “Johnny the Walrus” anti-trans children’s book to parents calling for pulling sexually explicit novels and comics from school libraries, the topic of banning books is a large part of today’s national discourse. Read more

This spring, graduating college students across the country will hear commencement speeches from liberal politicians, woke CEOs, and social justice activists. Read more