After Covid lockdowns, our primary school-age son decided retirement is what he needs, not being at school. Initially, he returned to school happy and excited. The school ramped up the learning, saying the children were behind, and he struggled with that. Read more

The federal government will soon begin asking for the sexual orientation and gender identity of PhD earners in addition to the typical demographic data it has tracked for decades. Read more

Centenary University’s new master’s degree program in happiness studies emerges as courses related to well-being proliferate on college campuses. Read more

A year-long BBC investigation has uncovered a sadistic global monkey torture ring stretching from Indonesia to the United States. Read more

Nearly 81,000 students applied to the school for the Fall 2022 first-year cohort, marking a 30% increase from 2019 before the pandemic upended college campuses. Read more

Springfield College in Massachusetts recently released a language guide aimed at replacing gender-specific terms like “father” and “mother” with more gender-neutral language like “parent” on its campus. Read more

AI teaching leader’ IU, majority owned by private equity firm, adds Canadian university to portfolio alongside London banking education provider Read more

A Marquette University professor says he gets “anxious” when he sees an American flag. Read more

Artificial intelligence will be used in south-west England to predict pollution before it happens and help prevent it. Read more

The College for All Act of 2023 would massively change the higher education landscape in the U.S., taking a step toward Sanders’s long-standing goal of making public college free for all. It would make community college and public vocational schools tuition-free for all students, while making any public college and university free for students from single-parent households making less than $125,000 or couples making less than $250,000 — or, the vast majority of families in the U.S. Read more