Scholars split on whether reforms – part of a wider relaxation of rules on doctorates – will tackle research fraud or whether they aim at the wrong target Read more

Cash-strapped New Jersey City University is taking a sharpened axe to its list of academic programs and roster of professors, The Jersey Journal has learned. Read more

The University of Kentucky will restart plans to remove a mural criticized for its depiction of black people after an unrelated incident on campus involving an intoxicated white student using racial slurs against a black student residential hall staffer. Read more

Nations have agreed to protect a third of the planet for nature by 2030 in a landmark deal aimed at safeguarding biodiversity. Read more

The announcement that NYU would pause admissions to its music education program came as a shock to the whole department. Many questions remain unanswered. Read more

Eight programs run by the Medical University of South Carolina are now the subject of a federal investigation by Department of Education officials following a complaint by a nonprofit. Read more

As the college application season rolls on, colleges and universities are beginning to announce their tuition rates for the upcoming 2023-24 academic year. Read more

As UK air pollution bill begins its passage through the Commons, one project hopes British schools will host pollution monitors Read more

A group of students at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) are banding together to create a conservative newspaper. Read more

The American space agency Nasa has launched a satellite that's expected to transform our view of water on Earth. Read more