Summer schools are sometimes dismissed as money-spinning playgrounds for rich overseas students. But with academic life increasingly characterised by heavy workloads and regulation, faculty should cherish the freedom they offer to deliver truly excellent learning experiences, says James Gazzard Read more

Social mobility experts welcome change in which students will instead be asked to answer three questions Read more

Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic higher education institution in the U.S., has not received much pushback on campus over a change allowing “gender-inclusive” dorm options, a student leader told The College Fix. Read more

New requirements for reporting cyberattacks would put undue stress on both small and large institutions, 16 organizations told the Department of Homeland Security in a letter. Read more

Higher ed wasn’t a top priority for Donald Trump when he first took office. But now that he and the GOP see attacking elite institutions and regulating colleges as winning political issues, a second term is likely to bring more aggressive policies. Read more

In his search for a job, North Jersey resident and recent college graduate Colin Logsdon sometimes sends out up to a hundred applications a week. Read more

Hefty pay packages and patchy record on declaring financial data should prompt tougher scrutiny of for-profit sector, says critic Read more

Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own Read more

A voter data company that receives private student information from the National Student Clearinghouse as part of a nationwide study on college students’ voting trends is ignoring requests to discuss what it does with the student information. Read more

A recent injunction barred the Education Department from enforcing its new Title IX rule at colleges attended by members of two conservative student groups. Hundreds of colleges across the country are affected. Read more