The California Institute of Technology’s incoming class is 50 percent female for the first time in history, sparking concern from one legal expert about a focus on gender parity initiatives rather than merit. Read more

The Virginia women’s college made the change to comport with its founding documents, creating a stricter gender admissions policy than many of its peers. Read more

A Barbie-branded phone has been launched in the UK and Europe with the aim – its makers say – of helping young people take a break from their smartphones. Read more

As freshmen thumbed through dorm posters and shopped for school supplies at the University of Alabama’s student center during the first week of school, other spaces in the building were noticeably empty. Read more

Institutions mull estates buyback schemes and more major cutbacks as post-clearing reality hits Read more

‘Digital pause’ experiment at 200 secondary schools could be extended nationwide in January Read more

As an undergrad, he saw ‘armies of administrators’ and ‘professors who seemed to be on leave for years at a time’ Read more

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says he regrets bowing to what he calls pressure from the Biden administration to "censor" content on Facebook and Instagram during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more

Pregnancy was always implicitly protected by Title IX. But Biden’s new rules formalize the rights of pregnant and parenting students, making higher ed more accessible. Read more

This may finally be the academic year that universities crack down on students’ use of generative AI to write term papers and complete other projects. A fifth of US universities already ban AI, and with OpenAI and Google considering releasing to the public tools that can quickly detect if a paper was written by their AI, universities could better enforce these bans. Read more