Agencies created to help institutions improve themselves, then asked to guard federal student aid, now face fight over battling partisan attacks on academia Read more

The University of Missouri College of Education and Human Development is launching a new program called Preparing Adults for Work and Society, or PAWS, to provide post-secondary education opportunities for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read more

The administration also wants $90 billion over 10 years to make two years of community college free. Read more

A recent study suggests that, for the first time in nearly 100 years, Americans’ average intelligence quotient (IQ) is declining. Read more

Lengthy government security checks on STEM postgraduates are causing chaos for university research as doctoral candidates go elsewhere, says Russell Group Read more

Popular ticketing platform Eventbrite has refused to provide ticketing services for multiple conservative events in the past year, citing purported violations of its policies Read more

Politicians’ recent marshaling of public institutions for geopolitical, economic and societal ends has narrowed their room to maneuver, according to European University Association autonomy scorecard. Read more

When Shai Reshef started a free online university called University of the People nearly 15 years ago, skepticism was high. Online education was viewed as a poor substitute for in-person study, and anyway, how could something free be financially sustainable? Read more

Prohibition covers students that staff have direct responsibility for, ahead of introduction of new sector-wide rules Read more

Michigan’s only private university in the state’s upper peninsula, Finlandia University, announced last week it will not enroll students for fall 2023, officially marking its closure at the conclusion of the current academic year. Read more