Europe back on Australia’s horizon, as US pulls research funds
Renewed push for country to join Horizon Europe, as foreign minister urges universities to ‘diversify’ Read more
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Controversial PhD Project scrubs racially exclusionary wording from website
A controversial nationwide PhD initiative criticized for excluding white scholars recently removed racially exclusionary wording from its website. Read more
In the Age of AI, Is Education Just an Illusion?
For two long years, professors have been fighting a rear-guard battle against artificial intelligence. Read more
A Dramatic Expansion for New College?
New College of Florida may soon take over stewardship of a local art museum and another branch campus. Critics argue NCF doesn’t have the means or capability to manage either. Read more
Feds want advice on deregulating financial aid system
The Trump administration and the Department of Education are welcoming education stakeholders to provide “deregulatory ideas” on how to best overhaul the current student loan system. Read more
After 350 years, US learners and employers need a higher ed redesign
In the US, we have described our higher education system as “the best” for at least 100 years. Read more
Professors can’t show images of Native American ‘cultural items’ in some California colleges
The Los Rios Community College District continues to enforce a moratorium on “images and reproductions of Native American human remains and cultural items” after a new policy to narrow the ban was stalled, waiting for Native American tribal partners’ approval Read more
The Campus Cold War: Faculty vs. Administrators
I you’ve ever worked in higher education, you know the stereotypes. College administrators are soulless careerists brimming with will to power who ram through clueless decisions, whether the rest of the institution likes it or not. Read more
One university now demands the immediate release of a detained student
Tufts University has offered the most public defense yet of a graduate student who was detained as the Trump administration revokes hundreds of student visas over alleged involvement in pro-Palestinian protests or related activities. Read more
Rising costs will outstrip funding, European universities fear
Financial resilience’ strategies needed as survey finds vast majority of institutions expecting staff and capital expenditure to increase in next five years Read more
