The action could be subject to regulatory approvals, depending upon what form the affiliation takes, and it would be contingent on approvals by the schools’ boards of trustees. Read more

Students at George Washington University in Washington D.C. held a mass protest of administrators’ decision to arm some campus police officers in light of recent high-profile shootings across the nation. Read more

Ambitious targets to halt the decline in nature may already be slipping out of reach, a study suggests. Read more

Nearly two dozen colleges have fallen victim to “swatting” threats in recent weeks. Public safety officials say they must be treated as real; for students, they often feel that way. Read more

The government is considering issuing guidance to single-sex schools in England saying that they cannot be legally obliged to take transgender pupils, as part of advice to be released this term. Read more

Cornell University announced on Friday that the academic theme for the 2023-2024 school year will be free expression and academic freedom. Read more

A County College of Morris student who preached against homosexuality by citing Bible verses and was suspended has returned to campus while the legal battle continues. Read more

Carnegie Foundation and ETS launch a major initiative to develop competency-based assessments, which could change how high school students show college and workforce readiness. Read more

Chinese surveillance technology giant Hikvision has denied it is illegally disguising its products sold to the US government to enable Chinese espionage. Read more

If your college or university is in Wyoming, you might be safe—or at least a little safer—from education data breaches. Some 32 million records have been compromised in nearly 2,700 education data breaches over the last two decades. About half of those attacks hit higher education, yet colleges and universities account for more than 80% of records hacked. Read more