While open educational resources have gained steam over the past decade, colleges and universities lack clear and definable metrics to share with other institutions on how much money they’re helping save students. Read more

More sixth-formers choosing to study only STEM or social science subjects, squeezing university arts and humanities departments even harder Read more

Texas A&M University gave its broad control over research operations at its Middle East campus to the state-led Qatar Foundation, Campus Reform has found. Read more

The University of Houston enters the second year of its textbook access program following the huge fanfare it gained last fall. The Cougar Textbook Access Program provides students with a $299 flat rate for all course materials well before the first day of class. Read more

About two out of every three law school students believe social justice is more important than obtaining a winning result for a client, according to the results of a recent survey of current law school students conducted by the Buckley Institute. Read more

Defending a new law requiring “intellectual diversity” from professors, the Indiana attorney general echoes Florida and asserts that “curriculum of a public university is government speech.” Read more

Sheffield Hallam staff to walk out for four days in late September in row over job cuts Read more

Education secretary launches review of curriculum in primary and secondary schools in England aimed at teaching critical thinking Read more

President Donald Trump uses “coded” language about race according to a University of Colorado professor. Read more

The board tasked with broad oversight of Oregon’s public universities and community colleges signed off on its $4.75 billion budget proposal Thursday. But the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission was not happy with it. Read more