Swedish music-streaming giant Spotify says it will cut 6% of its about 10,000 employees, citing a need to improve efficiency. Read more

A group of professors at Bakersfield College say they’re being maligned for having and voicing conservative views. Their critics say the professors created a hostile campus environment for students of color. Read more

A pro-life student at Virginia Tech was publicly accused of spreading misinformation by her professor after submitting a discussion board assignment expressing pro-life views. Read more

Kennedy School dean Elmendorf, under sustained protest, apologises and invites celebrated Human Rights Watch leader Read more

An education professor delivered a lecture in early January at a major mathematician meeting that described college math as “white” and “cisheteropatriarchal.” Read more

With mental health reported as the top student stressor going into the spring semester, school staff are beginning to feel the strain. A new report surveying wellness counselors found that their increased workload is causing burnout as campuses struggle to meet student demand. Read more

Google's parent company Alphabet will cut 12,000 jobs, in the latest staff redundancies to hit the tech industry. Read more

Human- and machine-generated prose may one day be indistinguishable. But that does not quell academics’ search for an answer to the question “What makes prose human?” Read more

To cheat, or not to cheat: It depends on how you look at it. Read more

Last week’s revelation of classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center has re-ignited media interest in potential influence-peddling and financial corruption at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn). Read more