New data from Handshake shows current students place value on trying out careers through internships and look for fair pay when choosing a role. Read more

Universities should prioritise ensuring that assessments are ‘assessing what we mean to assess’ rather than letting conversations be dominated by discussions around cheating Read more

The National Endowment for the Humanities granted $247,000 to Central Washington University to “digitally capture” the stories of transgender Americans over the age of 50. Read more

The Trump administration’s Department of Education abruptly removed two critical applications related to student loan forgiveness and repayment, throwing an already troubled federal student loan system into greater turmoil. Read more

Apple says it is working to fix its speech-to-text tool after some social media users found that when they spoke the word "racist" into their iPhones it typed it out as "Trump." Read more

Deep cuts in federal research spending could reverberate beyond campuses, denting college-town economies and costing jobs outside academe. Read more

A federal judge temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE from access to sensitive Education Department information, saying the Trump administration’s cost-cutting arm hadn’t explained why it needs access to the records. Read more

The deadline for most 2023-24 financial accounts was the end of December Read more

Minorities do best without “rigid rules,” “deadlines for assignments and exams,” and graded homework according to a since-deleted “diversity” page for North Dakota State University’s engineering department. Read more

Public and employer demand for workforce relevant credentials is driving selective four-year institutions to rethink how they can scale their academic programs for a broader audience while maintaining quality and financial soundness. Read more