Recent drops of up to 15 per cent in enrolments blamed on tougher security screening, stingy stipends and a hybrid system creating a crowded market for top-level qualifications Read more

University of Kansas history Professor Kent Blansett, who will appear as a keynote speaker and Native American expert at a fall history conference, faces allegations of fraudulently representing his ancestry. Read more

Scammers have been targeting students for years, but some universities are reporting recent upticks as perpetrators develop workarounds to campus safeguards. Read more

A federal appeals court has sided with the University of North Texas over who can pay in-state tuition. Read more

Teachers will be forced to tell parents that their child is questioning their gender even if the young person objects under new guidance for schools in England, the equalities minister has indicated. Read more

More than 20 public agencies could be turned into just three, but sector leaders are wary of the government’s intentions Read more

Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissents to the recent groundbreaking decision outlawing affirmative action in college admissions included flaws in not only data and facts but also logic and reasoning, according to numerous conservative scholars who have picked it apart. Read more

The Supreme Court’s decision only explicitly addressed admissions. But legal experts say it could have much broader implications and that colleges would be wise to prepare accordingly. Read more

Assessment rationales have not kept pace with AI translation and writing support tools, conference hears Read more

One in every five pounds received by UK universities last year came from international students, according to Guardian analysis that reveals the scale of the sector’s growing dependence on overseas tuition fees for financial survival. Read more