Students spiked their visa paperwork to bolster their chances next time around, new data suggests Read more

Confirmed this week, all colleges and universities in the United States have dropped their COVID-19 vaccine mandates following President Donald Trump’s executive order on the issue, according to a group tracking the mandates. Read more

Calling the U.S. Department of Education a “critical federal agency that ensures tens of millions of students receive a quality education and critical resources,” 21 states sued the Trump administration Thursday over this week’s mass layoffs at the agency and the president’s plans to shut it down. Read more

The publication process in social science is broken. Articles in prestigious journals use flawed data, employ questionable research practices, and reach illogical conclusions. Read more

Each year, according to Nasa, a chunk of rock the size of a car hurtles through space on a collision course with our planet. Read more

The latest wave of cost-cutting measures comes after the Trump administration pulled $400 million from Columbia University and $800 million from Johns Hopkins. Read more

New research links anti-pluralist leaders with declining academic freedom, warning of ‘dire consequences’ for academia Read more

Hunter College in New York is reworking its “Palestinian Studies” job posting after an order from the governor. Read more

But the full extent of the slashing is still unclear as neither the Trump administration nor Columbia has shared what grants and contracts were ended. Read more

Parents who are worried about their children being on Roblox should not let them use it, the chief executive of the gigantic gaming platform has said. Read more