A fast-growing number of traditionally college-age students are bypassing degrees to pursue cheaper and faster alternative credentials. Why are so many choosing this path, and will the journey pay off? Read more

Very large research-intensive institutions performed best overall, THE analysis finds Read more

NEU snap poll shows 95% of members voting for 5.5% pay rise, ending months of industrial action Read more

Americans have completely lost confidence in college. That’s the common narrative in a seemingly never-ending scroll of media reports and surveys raising the alarms about falling enrollment and political controversies on campus. Read more

A professor at Boston College will study ways to promote the “empowerment” of LGBT teens with nearly $2 million from the Department of Education. Read more

Colleges in western North Carolina have little cell service and are cut off from the rest of the state after historic flooding caused power outages and wiped out roads. Read more

Beijing’s University of International Business and Economics closes Israeli outpost as faculty are unable to travel to the Middle East Read more

Portland State University just reopened its library after pro-Palestinian protestors took over and vandalized the building in April, causing $1.23 million in damages. Read more

An investigation released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office has released in painstaking detail the extent of mistakes, miscommunication and technical errors made by the Department of Education during its Simplified FAFSA rollout last fall. Read more

Body proposed by former government was seen as a way of upskilling workforce and growing the economy Read more