When Shai Reshef started a free online university called University of the People nearly 15 years ago, skepticism was high. Online education was viewed as a poor substitute for in-person study, and anyway, how could something free be financially sustainable? Read more

The term ‘third space’ was coined to define teams that encourage professional and teaching academic staff (i.e. often termed non-professional staff) to work shoulder-to-shoulder for mutual gains. Read more

Prohibition covers students that staff have direct responsibility for, ahead of introduction of new sector-wide rules Read more

Michigan’s only private university in the state’s upper peninsula, Finlandia University, announced last week it will not enroll students for fall 2023, officially marking its closure at the conclusion of the current academic year. Read more

A Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee at Central Connecticut State University offers exclusive access to grant funding for a specific set of untenured and tenure-track faculty. Read more

TikTok has launched security measures to allay concerns it could be made to share user data with China. Read more

The Republican governors of Florida, Texas and Virginia are drastically reshaping higher education in their states—which some see as a precursor to the 2024 presidential race. Read more

Amidst the nationwide chorus to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in education, the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) announced on Mar. 2 that it will ban diversity statements from admissions and hiring. Read more

Education Department tells THE its order focuses on private student recruiters and financial aid processors, though drawing definitional borders still seen as difficult Read more

I recently asked the AI software platform ChatGPT to write me a poem admiring Donald Trump and a poem admiring Joe Biden. Read more