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

In 2005, the American Association of University Professors spoke out against this form of protest amid calls for scholars to spurn Israeli institutions. Now, the group says boycotts “can be considered legitimate tactical responses.” Read more

Regulator’s decision to shelve register of staff-student relationships in favour of recommending ban indicative of changing culture in institutions, academics say Read more