Centenary University’s new master’s degree program in happiness studies emerges as courses related to well-being proliferate on college campuses. Read more

A year-long BBC investigation has uncovered a sadistic global monkey torture ring stretching from Indonesia to the United States. Read more

Nearly 81,000 students applied to the school for the Fall 2022 first-year cohort, marking a 30% increase from 2019 before the pandemic upended college campuses. Read more

Springfield College in Massachusetts recently released a language guide aimed at replacing gender-specific terms like “father” and “mother” with more gender-neutral language like “parent” on its campus. Read more

AI teaching leader’ IU, majority owned by private equity firm, adds Canadian university to portfolio alongside London banking education provider Read more

A Marquette University professor says he gets “anxious” when he sees an American flag. Read more

Artificial intelligence will be used in south-west England to predict pollution before it happens and help prevent it. Read more

The College for All Act of 2023 would massively change the higher education landscape in the U.S., taking a step toward Sanders’s long-standing goal of making public college free for all. It would make community college and public vocational schools tuition-free for all students, while making any public college and university free for students from single-parent households making less than $125,000 or couples making less than $250,000 — or, the vast majority of families in the U.S. Read more

Springfield College in Massachusetts offers pronoun guidelines that discourage students from using the words “mother,” “father,” and other “gender specific” terms. Read more

As millions of young people in China graduate from university this month, the traditional pictures of joyful students throwing their hats and gowns into the air have been replaced by photos of them lying on the ground or throwing their degree certificates into the bin. Read more