President Joe Biden’s plan for mass student loan debt relief may be a bust, but the attempt to wipe billions in education-related debt was an acknowledgment: The way the U.S. pays for higher education is not working. Read more

Students at The New School, a private university in Manhattan, recently issued a demand letter as a strike over adjunct pay comes to a close. Read more

There is an ongoing struggle between genetics researchers and the National Institutes of Health over restrictions placed on access to federally maintained genetic databases. Read more

In handling widespread and complicated problems for academia, especially after Covid, Ivy League institution moves from denial to attempts at finding compromise Read more

Holy Names University, a 154-year-old institution in Oakland, Calif., announced on Monday that it will close after the spring semester. Read more

The Taliban have announced the closure of universities for women in Afghanistan, according to a letter by the higher education minister. Read more

The University of California (UC) and graduate student workers have reached a tentative agreement to increase pay and benefits that could end a weeks-long strike. Read more

The State University of New York (SUNY) at Purchase recently reinstated its indoor masking requirement after declaring COVID community level orange. The requirement comes amidst the “tripledemic,” or rising cases of the flu, COVID, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Read more

Scholars split on whether reforms – part of a wider relaxation of rules on doctorates – will tackle research fraud or whether they aim at the wrong target Read more

Cash-strapped New Jersey City University is taking a sharpened axe to its list of academic programs and roster of professors, The Jersey Journal has learned. Read more