More people need degrees just to keep up with the crowd, analysis of Australian census data suggests Read more

Some of West Virginia University’s proposed program cuts appear unprecedented, or close to it, for an institution of its kind. Department appeals and student protests seem to be having little effect so far. Read more

It’s no secret that language study enrollment has been declining for decades—a result of translation software that makes communication easy and the growing worship of U.S. students at the vocational altar of STEM. Read more

US study finds doctoral students who are supervised by leading inventors, or who are male, are much more likely to file patents Read more

Pupils in parts of England are likely to never have a teacher of the same ethnic background, in part because minority ethnic applicants are less likely to be accepted on to teacher training courses, research has revealed. Read more

Andrew Coats, the lawyer who convinced the U.S. Supreme Court in 1984 to allow universities to maximize football revenue, leading to a television-driven money-grab and today’s sweeping upheaval, now looks back with regret on the landmark case he successfully argued. Read more

The University of Antelope Valley’s accreditor cited high leadership turnover and low graduation rates. Read more

Joan Donovan, an expert in “misinformation and disinformation,” will be joining Boston University’s College of Communication this fall after she departed Harvard University earlier this year. Read more

Pupils in English regions dominated by grammar schools experience little or no boost in results compared with counterparts in other areas of the country, while exam grades among the brightest pupils may actually be lower, according to new research. Read more

The National Institutes of Health halted a $154 million research program intended to study “equitable health communication” and combat alleged medical misinformation. Read more