Pass rates for Scottish pupils have fallen significantly after schools returned to using exams to grade performance for the first time since 2019. Read more

The University of California Riverside appointed an “anti-racism” scholar to lead its School of Education, according to an announcement. Read more

Supermarket shoppers could soon be checking the environmental impact of food before putting it in their trolleys, thanks to new research. Read more

Overbooked for the fall and out of residences, institutions are turning to hotels and even other colleges to add rooms. Read more

Chief online officers believe most students' academic paths will feature prominent online components by 2025, a new survey finds. Other campus leaders see bigger role for in-person learning. Read more

This Fall, the University of South Florida (USF) is offering a “Disney & Pop Culture Politics” course. Completion of the course goes towards a “Gender Equality” credit. Read more

Institutions with surging applications find that they can't manage them all without help. Some admissions leaders worry about the trend, but most accept it. Read more

According to a report from Fox News, an alumni group from the college where Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett received her undergraduate degree wants her booted from the school's hall of fame because they believe she lied her way onto the nation's highest court. Read more

The administration at Princeton University isn’t answering questions about whether it has plans to investigate a prominent professor who has been accused of plagiarizing passages for both his doctoral dissertation and a 2015 book. Read more

The government has sought to allay pupils’ fears over GCSE and A-level results, which are expected to be lower in England this summer after two years of record increases, reassuring them that universities will “adjust accordingly”. Read more