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UK decides AI still cannot patent inventions
The UK's Intellectual Property Office has decided artificial-intelligence systems cannot patent inventions for the time being. Read more
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With Roe v. Wade overturned, will California’s universities become safe havens for out-of-state students?
Californians’ constitutional rights to abortion may be protected, but questions abound over what effect the Supreme Court’s Friday decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will have on out-of-state students who come to the state’s universities. Read more
US admissions scandal trial win tied to university complicity
Sole courtroom victor in three years of prosecutions says jurors needed to hear that institutions went along, and then believe that nobody was hurt Read more
Students want to remove Clarence Thomas from law school teaching position
The petition is in response to Thomas’s decision last Friday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned the landmark abortion cases Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Read more
Philip Pullman leads outcry after Sheffield Hallam withdraws English lit degree
The award-winning author Philip Pullman has said the study of literature “should not be a luxury for a wealthy minority of spoilt and privileged aesthetes” after it emerged that Sheffield Hallam University is to pull its English literature degree from next year. Read more
Global Universities Call for Academic Freedom
The U7+ Alliance of World Universities, 45 research universities from around the world, has issued a new statement on academic freedom. Read more
Clearinghouse report shows older learners help drive growth in credentials
However, higher education is not seeing gains in degrees or certificates attained by traditional-age students. Read more
University of Minnesota socialist group leads pro-abortion student protests
The Students for a Democratic Society, University of Minnesota Chapter, joined pro-abortion protestors in the streets of Minneapolis on Friday night following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Read more
Female athletes defend Title IX outside White House
A battle of the sexes erupted outside the White House Thursday morning as activists clashed over anticipated Title IX revisions and the state of women's sports. Read more
English schools warn of acute teacher shortages without ‘inflation plus’ pay deal
Schools in England say they face an acute crisis over retention and recruitment without a significant pay increase, as the country’s biggest teaching union warned of strike action this autumn without an “inflation plus” deal. Read more
