With Facebook on the decline, some institutions are turning to a third-party app to foster connection among new first-year students. Faculty, administrators and current students are also welcome. Read more

Authorities in New Orleans responded to a shooting at Xavier University where Morris Jeff Community School was holding its high school graduation ceremony. Read more

Some say so, but the president’s plan to cancel at least some student debt is still not finalized. Read more

Southwest Tennessee Community College has instituted "virtual Fridays" for the summer semester in an attempt to save students and faculty pain at the pump due to record-high gas prices. Read more

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