The tech industry and other corporate heavyweights are taking the metaverse seriously. Should faculty, staff, and administrators in higher education follow suit? Read more

Personal data for roughly 820,000 current and former New York City public school students was compromised in the hack of a widely used online grading and attendance system earlier this year, city Education Department officials said Friday, revealing what could be the largest-ever breach of K-12 student data in the United States. Read more

Federal student loans could be forgiven through regulatory changes established by the executive branch. Read more

The Department of Education has opened two investigations into the University of Louisville and Howard University for possible discrimination against white men. Read more

EU officials want to take money for Chips Act, but government purseholders have ruled out using unspent project funds to replace it Read more

The university removed a statue of its founder from the campus, but will it change its name? That William Peace was a slaveholder has only recently become known. Read more

Following a Campus Reform report, a University of Florida spokesperson informed this publication that the name and accompanying plaque would be taken down due to the current situation in Ukraine. Read More

Despite a request last August from the chancellor’s office that all 116 California Community Colleges report on enrollment fraud involving fake student bots, nearly 40% of campuses failed to submit any information. Read more

A University of North Texas professor who criticized a document about microaggressions and subsequently lost his job can continue his lawsuit, a federal judge recently ruled. Read more

New Zealand now perceived poorly on factors where it used to excel, survey finds Read more