Course syllabi set the tone for the whole semester. With the help of a new tool kit, some instructors are overhauling theirs to make them more welcoming, inclusive and focused on student success. Read more

Actors' livelihoods are at risk from artificial intelligence (AI) unless the law changes, a union warns. Read more

Mobile classrooms are crossing deserts to reach some of the two million Yemeni children missing school due to the civil war Read more

A few feet away from California’s death row, students at one of the country’s most unique colleges discuss 9/11, morality, identity and nationalism. Read more

Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, offers a class on pornography in which students watch raunchy films as a group. Read more

Nadhim Zahawi, the education secretary, said he was worried by allegations of “systemic antisemitism” within the National Union of Students, telling MPs that the government may sever links with the organisation unless it reforms. Read more

People using self-driving cars will be allowed to watch television on built-in screens under proposed updates to the Highway Code. Read more

Education Department plans to forgive 40,000 student loans immediately and place 3.6 million borrowers three years closer to debt forgiveness. Reaction is mixed. Read more

MBA programs continue to be popular with those who are switching careers, and they like hybrid options. Read more

A recent worship service co-hosted by Duke Divinity School and the Duke Divinity Pride student organization invited students to praise the “great queer one.” Read more