Former Berkeley chancellor says sanctions on protest ringleaders must be seen to be just, although decisions may now be outside universities’ control Read more

Academics warn loss of higher education arts and humanities courses will harm understanding of racism and imperial history Read more

The University of North Carolina System plans to ban anonymous social media apps across its 16 campuses, arguing the technology companies have a “reckless disregard” for students’ wellbeing. Read more

Bowling Green State University announced on Thursday that the Thompson Foundation will expand its support of an existing scholarship program, helping create a fund that may reach a total of $250 million dollars for student scholarships at the university. Read more

A new study by Ithaka S+R seeks to gain insight into the technology’s potential to transform the production of academic scholarship. Read more

The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee employs roughly 1.5 administrators for every 10 undergraduate students, according to an analysis conducted by The College Fix. Read more

Faculty and free expression groups are sounding alarms about threatened limitations and crackdowns on professors’ speech and student protests. Read more

A new wave of student-led campus protests demanding institutional divestment from Israeli-backed corporations has bled into May. College leaders, out of tremendous concern for their students’ safety and institutions’ operations, have permitted using campus and local law enforcement to clear student encampments and make arrests. As well-intentioned as these efforts seem, they might have an inverse effect. Read more

Apparent turnaround in nation’s finances has done little to alleviate financial pressure on students, according to new poll Read more

Handwriting makes us better writers, free of the suggestions of spelling and grammar apps, and it represents something of our personalities Read more