Streets have been eerily quiet in recent months as coronavirus lockdowns imposed by governments around the world hit the pause button on normal life. Read more

The Biden administration and congressional Democrats cut the Build Back Better Act in half, leaving many higher education investments behind but boosting the maximum Pell Grant and funding for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions. Read more

Swipe Out Hunger and the College and University Food Bank Alliance join forces to reach more campuses and end food insecurity for students. Read more

A Washington D.C.-based nonprofit is seeding new “racial equity” healing centers at colleges and universities across the United States, with about 20 new operations set to launch in the coming weeks to join the nearly 30 already planted over the last few years. Read more

Students taking an English course at Springfield College learn from a woke textbook and anti-Trump teaching materials. Read more

Kathleen Stock announces resignation as university says ‘no substantive allegations of wrongdoing’ were made against her Read more

Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta as part of a major rebrand. Read more

Bill Gates wants more college students to read his latest book, so he’s letting them do it for free. Read more

Kareem Khubchandan, a Tufts University professor, performs under a sexually explicit name. Read more

Two former faculty members sue Collin College, saying they were let go for criticizing the college’s COVID-19 response and otherwise exercising their right to free expression. Read more