Despite the rapid decline in the number of Confucius Institutes at American universities, African students are now flocking to the Chinese-founded programs in order to bolster their chances of finding future employment. Read more

Catastrophic climate change outcomes, including human extinction, are not being taken seriously enough by scientists, a new study says. Read more

Liberatory design is like design thinking with a healthy dose of self-awareness. Read more

As the Indian and the US examples both show, openness and flexibility is easily limited by parochialism and provincialism Read more

Charles Atchley Jr., a federal judge in Tennessee, is pausing the Department of Education’s (DOEd) new Title IX regulations after 20 state attorneys general file a lawsuit against the Department, alleging that the new rules violate states' rights. Read more

A professor is under investigation for a tweet deemed “harmful” by some who argue it is an example of “homophobia and misinformation. Read more

To address the legal questions and potential HR issues that can arise when employees move across state lines, some universities partner with third-party firms to keep employees on the payroll from afar. Read more

Instagram says it is pausing a rollout of new features on its app following backlash online from users, influencers and celebrities. Read more

The University of Tennessee (UT) will be using a hotel on Papermill Drive as an off-campus housing option for students this new school year. Read more

For the past 22 years, Ye Lianping, a 95-year-old retired teacher from Buchen village in East China's Anhui province, has been teaching left-behind children for free. Read more