Microsoft plans to buy Activision Blizzard for nearly $70bn
Microsoft says it plans to buy major games company Activision Blizzard in a deal worth $68.7bn (£50.57bn). Read more
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Not a Criminal, but Not Professor Material?
A Penn State professor says he was protecting pro–vaccine mandate demonstrators when he struggled with a counterprotester. The professor was vindicated in court, but Penn State wants to fire him anyway. Read more
Biden administration approves college students getting COVID relief checks
The Department of Education has closed an investigation into one university’s disbursal of COVID stimulus funds as direct payments to students. Read more
University of Michigan board fires President Mark Schlissel
The University of Michigan Board of Regents said Saturday it fired President Mark Schlissel after an investigation found inappropriate conduct with an employee. Read more
Biden’s top Supreme Court lawyer granted ethics waiver to argue for race-based college admissions
The Department of Justice has granted U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar an ethics waiver, permitting the former Harvard professor to support race-based admissions in a Supreme Court case involving Harvard University. Read more
Higher education down 1 million undergrads since 2019 after more declines
New Clearinghouse report shows public and private nonprofits are still struggling to bring back students during the pandemic. Read more
Plan for pupils to learn 1,700 words for language GCSEs gets go-ahead
The government is to push ahead with controversial changes to languages teaching in schools, which would see pupils in England memorising lists of 1,700 words to pass GCSEs in Spanish, French or German. Read more
YouTube rich list: MrBeast was the highest-paid star of 2021
Jimmy Donaldson, the 23-year-old American better known as MrBeast, was YouTube's highest-earning content creator in 2021, according to Forbes. Read more
First Came the Stunt, Then the Suspension
Part performance, part protest, a professor’s video got him suspended from Ferris State University. He didn’t want to teach in person in the first place due to COVID-19, and he says he’s retiring. His union says the suspension is an attack on academic freedom. Read more
University lays off 100 professors due to COVID
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues into its third year, William Paterson University is now laying off 100 full-time faculty over the next three years. Read more
