There is a trend online of young people threatening to kill themselves in the wake of Donald Trump’s re-election to the Oval Office, and college and university counselors and crisis centers went into overdrive to help struggling students process the results. Read more

Every weekday morning for six months, instead of taking college classes, 25-year-old Tamari Natelauri made the 45-minute drive from Philadelphia to Voorhees Township, New Jersey, to go to work at a large accounting firm. Read more

A brief yearly silence has once again enveloped South Korea, as half a million students across the country sit for the most important test of their lives. Read more

As the technology’s reach into the information sector expands, a recent report from Ithaka S+R shows that academe is still grappling with how best to integrate it into the scholarly publishing process. Read more

Sutton Trust calls for improved access to creative education and industry dominated by upper middle-class Read more

San Jose State University has suspended the associate head coach of its women’s volleyball team after she filed a discrimination complaint against the school for allowing a male to compete. Read more

A portrait of mathematician Alan Turing is thought to be the first artwork by a humanoid robot to be sold at auction - fetching $1,084,800 (£836,667). Read more

Enrollment at the three state universities has been holding steady recently, but there are some challenges ahead. Read more

The next education secretary will likely have experience in higher ed or a zeal for culture wars, experts predict. Read more

Chinese multinational makes inroads in Europe as technology giants compete to get their tools on university curriculums Read more