Thirty-four percent of white college student applicants have lied about their race to admissions officials to better their chances of getting accepted into their desired university or receive better financial aid, according to a survey from Intelligent. Read more

From next week, Australian borders will open to international students with valid visas. But after nearly two years of uncertainty, experts say some students won’t be returning, and the impact to broader Australian society will be felt for a long time. Read more

With online attacks on the rise, institutions like CSU San Bernardino are preparing students to stop hackers. Read more

Borrowers will resume payments on federal student loans on Feb. 1, nearly two years after repayments were deferred due to the pandemic. The vast majority of borrowers say they won’t be ready to pay. Read more

Major science organisation targets periodicals publishing too many papers or high proportion of brief articles Read more

Disappointingly low student completion rates in the California Community Colleges system are prompting campus leaders to focus on retention efforts as they also try to stem enrollment declines Read more

A student activist group at the College of Wooster wants affirmative action in the writing and casting of plays in the university’s theatre department. Read more

At Swarthmore College, students and faculty have been working with local anti-violence groups to create an interactive database that tracks homicides in Delaware County. It’s a project that began in 2013, but the dashboard launched a few weeks ago. Read more

It is in Vienna, for good now, building a new campus and attracting diverse students. Read more

An English professor at Lewis & Clark College recently penned a two-page apology letter for offending his students with discussions of use of blackface in film and showing a 1964 clip of Laurence Olivier in blackface as “Othello.” Read more