A right-of-center think tank launched a new initiative to monitor changes in college policies in response to this year’s Supreme Court rulings banning affirmative action in admissions. Read more

In 2021, the university was fast-tracking him into a tenured professorship as part of his appointment as Florida’s surgeon general. Joseph Ladapo, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ pick for the state’s top medical official, dazzled them with his Harvard degree and work as a research professor at New York University and UCLA. Read more

Campuses across the country tightening in-class rules, seeking to boost student engagement Read more

A large tree with a noose hanging from one of its branches, KKK robes, and “whites only” signs are among the thousands of artifacts on display at a museum at Ferris State University that is undergoing a major expansion project. Read more

Early college programs targeting Black and brown kids, instructing them to do college-level work while in high school, are one way to compensate for the fact that racial preference policies in college admissions have been ruled unconstitutional. Read more

As colleges reckon with the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban, some see an opportunity to return to the policy’s early roots: reparations through admissions. Read more

A recent study has revealed that the financial benefits of university degrees in Australia, particularly at the bachelor’s level, are on a downward trajectory. Read more

After Columbia University suspended two anti-Israel student groups for “threatening rhetoric and intimidation,” the two suspended groups and a coalition of 70 other student groups have issued a list of demands, including their own reinstatement and that the school cut all ties with Israel. Read more

Transgender children in England will be able to socially transition at school, subject to conditions to be detailed in guidance issued to schools later this year. Read more

The Department of Education has opened investigations at six colleges and universities for alleged Title VI shared ancestry violations relating to antisemitism, anti-Muslim and anti-Arab discrimination since the outbreak of the war in Palestine and Israel. Read more