A new survey organized by the virtual health service provider TimelyMD has concluded that mental health ranks as students’ top stressor, the second consecutive survey to do so. Read more

Twitter has denied that emails alleged to be linked to millions of its users' accounts were obtained using a hack. Read more

Unlike such efforts in the past, the list is expected to include many kinds of institutions, not just a focus on for-profits. Read more

Northern Illinois University plans to host workshops covering ‘racial battle fatigue,’ along with other social justice topics this spring. Read more

Restrictions are partly due to a stilted academic culture in which criticism is uncomfortable Read more

Glenn Reynolds was sounding the alarm on higher education insanity before most Americans even realized it was a problem. Read more

Some employers look to hire and continually turn over junior employees – sometimes harming young workers’ careers before they’ve even begun. Read more

The Biden administration’s plan to wipe out billions of dollars in student-loan debt is in legal limbo, blocked at least temporarily by lawsuits. But a related proposal to lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers is taking a major step forward this week. Read more

To harness the potential and avert the risks of OpenAI’s new chat bot, academics should think a few years out, invite students into the conversation and—most of all—experiment, not panic. Read more

The Mellon Foundation, which awarded over $500 million in grants in 2021, recently ended two of its social science fellowships ‘as part of a broader refocusing on social justice.’ Read more