The libertarian Cato Institute filed a lawsuit to stop President Joe Biden’s student loan bailout with the help of the New Civil Liberties Alliance. The cost of the bailout has been estimated at around $400 billion. Read more

Berkeley among institutions admitting it’s overwhelmed by freshers struggling in classes and low on resilience Read more

Professors who incorporate Wikipedia-editing assignments into coursework enhance their students’ digital literacy skills while broadening their own roles—from educating college students to educating society. Read more

Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced that it will cut 13% of its workforce. Read more

Last week I asked, “If you were in charge of the admissions office at a top-50 college or university, how would you decide which applicants got accepted as undergraduates and which got rejected?” Read more

While India’s prestigious IITs flex fundraising muscle, others in sector are ‘left in the lurch’ Read more

Boys should be encouraged to ignore gender stereotypes and share their emotions, according to the team behind a new UK initiative aimed at encouraging them to talk about their feelings and speak out against inequality. Read more

The National Institutes of Health pledged to fund 437 projects and 43 sub-projects examining racism in healthcare a total of $297,282,984 for fiscal year 2022, according to an analysis by The College Fix. Read more

The Biden administration’s announcement that up to $20,000 in student loan debt will be canceled for borrowers will bring welcome relief to millions, as long as courts allow. But that relief won’t do anything to slow the rapidly rising cost of going to college. Read more

Tesla is recalling just over 40,000 cars in the US because of a potential power-steering problem. Read more