The Scottish government is to freeze funding of policing, early years learning and local government, and slash arts, trade and cultural funding for the next five years, to plug a deep hole in its budgets. Read more

Syracuse University, a private institution in New York, is raising student tuition nearly 5 percent as it kicks off a new diversity and inclusion plan estimated to cost more than $50 million. Read more

A private Christian University in Tennessee has proposed restricting how students express their sexuality and gender on campus. Read more

Public universities in Florida are allowing students to add their preferred pronouns to various forms of university identification. Read more

This is how Cliff Mass, Seattle media personality, meteorologist and professor of atmospheric science described the climate at the University of Washington in a recent phone interview with The College Fix as a proposed diversity, equity and inclusion requirement for tenure inches closer to becoming a reality for faculty. Read more

At King’s College London, students are designing games that explore diplomacy, drones and the psychological impact of battle. But can they really help? Read more

New York State is allowing colleges in the state that meet certain criteria to formally call themselves universities. Several image-conscious institutions have done just that. Read more

The Benson Center has attracted national attention due to its association with John Eastman, the lawyer at the center of former President Donald Trump’s attempt to stage a coup after he lost the 2020 election. Read more

In response to University of California San Diego recently sponsoring two events featuring controversial speaker Taher Herzallah, senior Blake Dickman organized a peaceful sit-in in front of Chancellor Pradeep Khosla’s office. Read more

About 18,000 teachers and support staff from 540 Catholic diocesan schools in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory are preparing to strike on Friday over pay and conditions. Read more