Internet cables that crisscross the sea-floor could be use to detect earthquakes and tsunamis or monitor how climate change alters ocean currents. Read more

Two new reports from Georgetown University find that more young adults with college degrees end up with “good jobs,” but it takes them longer to get there than previous generations. Read more

A national journalism accreditation organization has denied the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill full accreditation because the school has fallen short on measures meant to promote racial diversity. Read more

A total of 240 million Chinese people have received higher education as a result of the country's historic strides in tertiary education development over the past decade, a senior education official said on Tuesday. Read more

The American Bar Association will consider a recommendation to eliminate the standardized test requirement for law school admissions. Read more

Two government advisers claim the subject seems ‘scary’ and ‘hard’, while academics warn of ‘mathematics anxiety’. Would changing a few names really help? Read more

Netflix has made about 150 staff redundant, a month after the streaming service said it was losing subscribers for the first time in a decade. Read more

In almost all cases, higher ed space-planning teams are being asked to connect their budgets to the student experience, and this means rethinking traditional space allocation. Read more

AAUP finds tenured faculty lines declined dramatically since 2004, but many institutions have updated their tenure policies to account for diversity work and work-life balance. Read more

Turning Point USA obtained an email sent by the University of South Carolina’s College of Social Work that announced the creation of the "White Student Accountability Group." Read more