I work almost exclusively with technology leaders at top research universities and they never cease to amaze me. Higher ed CIOs see into the future, making decisions that won’t outdate themselves in a year, or even 10 years. Read more

Truman Scholarship award winners stayed involved in liberal political issues a decade after winning the taxpayer-funded scholarship, according to an analysis by The College Fix. Read more

Donald Trump appears to remain the only newly inaugurated president in the last 65 years to not be invited to speak at the University of Notre Dame’s commencement ceremony. The tradition began when President Dwight Eisenhower spoke at the ceremony in 1960. Read more

The Trump administration cut another $450 million in funding to Harvard University Tuesday after the school’s president sought common ground but vowed to stick to the institution’s principles amid a dispute over the handling of antisemitism on campus. Read more

Two small private institutions celebrated their final commencement ceremonies following announcements of their impending closures. The news comes on the heels of reports finding that college closings are expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff. Read more

University cuts £18 million from its pay bill with voluntary severance scheme, but remains some way short of its target for cost reductions Read more

The "Blue Marble" was the first photograph of the whole Earth and the only one ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of the planet reveal visible changes to the Earth's surface. Read more

Many of the Trump administration’s early actions have closely mirrored the recommendations of conservative think tanks. Read more

The University of California Riverside will “expand efforts to diversify its engineering faculty” with the help of over $500,000 from the university system. Read more

As colleges and universities modify curricula to match the rapid pace of technology and the changing needs of the workforce, a new batch of skills is becoming a golden ticket in the hiring process. Read more