In the span of just over a month, three private colleges and the entire University of Massachusetts system announced it would begin free tuition programs to attract students to their schools. But why now? Read more

Campaigners want anti-racist content to be embedded in curriculum and for Black history to be compulsory subject Read more

Colleges are considering what supports they can offer undocumented students. Some leaders feel constrained in what they can publicly say or legally promise. Read more

A required Elon University course for early childhood education majors had students complete social justice advocacy projects in an effort to raise the next line of “equity-minded” teachers, according to a study. Read more

Autonomous vehicles are already clocking up millions of miles on public roads, but they face an uphill battle to convince people to climb in to enjoy the ride. Read more

As the cost of living has risen in recent years, faculty members have felt the squeeze. Read more

Higher education regulator says sector needs to take ‘take bold action’ and consider mergers or cost sharing Read more

On paper, Angela Ramirez is taking a path like the one that many Texas policymakers and community college leaders designed to help students like her. With dreams of becoming a nurse, the high school graduate took an eight-week class to earn a nursing aide credential, which helped her land a job at a nursing home in New Braunfels. That job, she thought, would help her enter the health care field while she saved up to pay for her nursing degree. Read more

About half of Gen Z struggles with “eco-anxiety” and wants universities to take a more active role in solving their climate change concerns, a new poll shows. Read more

Last fall, instructors at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst suddenly started receiving scores for every student’s writing assignment, estimating how likely it was that they had been completed using generative artificial intelligence. Read more