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fromFuturism
1 week ago
Higher education

They Started an Entire College Dedicated to Resisting Cancel Culture, and Then the Funniest Possible Thing Happened

fromFuturism
1 week ago
Higher education

They Started an Entire College Dedicated to Resisting Cancel Culture, and Then the Funniest Possible Thing Happened

fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 day ago

New Bill Would Consolidate Mississippi Community Colleges

The bill has been referred to the House Universities and Colleges Committee for review. If signed into law, the bill would merge the Mississippi Delta and Coahoma community college districts, the East Mississippi and Meridian community college districts, and the Copiah-Lincoln and Southwest Mississippi community college districts by July 2027. The move would reduce the number of community colleges in the state from 15 to 12.
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World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Born after the Arab Spring: 37 million Egyptians have no memory of 2011

Egypt's population surged to nearly 120 million since 2011, remaining very young while economic gains lag, with job creation failing to meet annual needs.
#generative-ai
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
4 days ago

CSU faculty settle with university on disclosure of personal data to federal investigators

CSU must notify employees before complying with subpoenas seeking personal identifying information, unless notification is prohibited by law.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
4 days ago

Florida Proposes H-1B Hiring Ban at All Public Universities

All Florida public universities would be banned from hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas under a policy change that the Florida Board of Governors will consider next week. Next Thursday, the board's Nomination and Governance Committee will consider adding to a policy a line saying the universities can't "utilize the H-1B program in its personnel program to hire any new employees through January 5, 2027." If the committee and full Board of Governors approve the addition, there will be a 14-day public comment period.
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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
5 days ago

British Army to offer funded 'drone degree' at university to 'fast track careers' - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

The Ministry of Defence is to offer an army funded "drone degree" at a British university as part of a £240,000 investment package. The drone degree will be based on the lessons which have been learnt over the past four years that Ukraine has been at war. The Ministry of Defence is to train up 15 civilian students and up to five soldiers per annum who will end up being drone specialists.
UK news
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
5 days ago

Empowered Virginia Democrats Move Fast to Reshape Higher Ed

When Virginia's new Democratic leaders took control of the governor's office and attorney general position last week, they wasted no time overhauling higher ed. Abigail Spanberger, the new governor, immediately appointed more than two dozen members to the governing boards of the Virginia Military Institute, George Mason University and the University of Virginia, meaning she's already appointed the majority of members on the George Mason and UVA boards.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
6 days ago

Trump drops court fight to enact its anti-DEI push at schools. But the 'damage is done'

In a federal court filing, the U.S. government said it would drop its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked its campaign against DEI in K-12 schools and higher education institutions - which it alleged discriminated against white students and employees - leaving in place a lower court finding that the effort violated the 1st Amendment and federal procedural rules.
Education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
6 days ago

Settlements Cost Higher Ed Hundreds of Millions in 2025

A new report by the United Educators insurance company shows that universities spent hundreds of millions of dollars on damages in 2025, according to an analysis of publicly reported settlements. Legal cases involved a variety of issues, ranging from deaths on campus to antitrust issues, cybersecurity breaches, discrimination, sexual misconduct and pandemic-era policy fallout. Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital had the largest settlement at $750 million.
Higher education
Social justice
fromNew York Post
6 days ago

Exclusive | Woke Brooklyn College course lectures students about 'weaponizing whiteness,' requires BuzzFeed privilege quiz

Brooklyn College psychology students must take a Multicultural Counseling course teaching whiteness, privilege quizzes, microaggression identification, and racial healing activities.
#academic-freedom
fromLGBTQ Nation
6 days ago
Higher education

University cancels class because professor won't say when LGBTQ+ issues would be discussed - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
6 days ago
Higher education

University cancels class because professor won't say when LGBTQ+ issues would be discussed - LGBTQ Nation

fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 week ago

4 Takeaways From Trump's First Year in Office

Within a month, Trump officials had threatened colleges' research funding, started gutting the Institute for Education Sciences, declared race-based programming illegal and unleashed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on campuses, among other actions. Then, over the next six months, the administration started dismantling the Education Department, cut thousands of research grants that didn't align with Trump'spriorities, helped oust the University of Virginia's president and cracked down on international students-deporting some who criticized Israel and revoking the visas of thousands.
Higher education
Higher education
fromNature
1 week ago

'Every aspect of my work life has changed' - scientists reflect on a year of Trump

Executive orders and funding changes during Trump's first year intensified campus censorship, worsened higher-education inequity, and risked access for low-income and LGBTQ+ students.
Education
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Catford town hall to house Goldsmiths Uni campus

Goldsmiths, University of London will open a new campus in Lewisham Council's Old Town Hall in Catford under a proposed 10-year lease.
Higher education
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Law Firms Earns Coal Right Before Christmas - See Also - Above the Law

Deceptive cybersecurity drills, Florida's rejection of ABA diversity mandates, and culture-war pressure caused a rapid University of Arkansas dean hire-and-exit.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

President of Utah university where Charlie Kirk was killed to resign from role

Tuminez, 61, said in an interview that the decision to step down had been building for some time. There's never a good time, she said. I love UVU so much. The choice, she explained, came with a mix of grief and relief. It is a swirl of emotion.
US politics
Silicon Valley
fromFortune
1 week ago

Jensen Huang tells Stanford students their high expectations may make it hard for them to succeed: 'I wish upon you ample doses of pain and suffering' | Fortune

Privileged Gen Z graduates should lower expectations to build resilience, because low expectations can foster persistence and improve long-term chances of success.
California
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 week ago

The Wire: Get cash from Kaiser after $46M settlement; Cal scientists' search for extraterrestrial life

Bay Area faces institutional closures, funding threats, legal responses, privacy settlements, public-safety incidents, and active scientific inquiry that affect residents and organizations.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 week ago

Amid Criticism From Lawmakers, Arkansas Rescinds Dean Offer

After receiving feedback from key external stakeholders about the fit between Professor Suski and the university's vacancy, the university has decided to go a different direction in filling the vacancy," university officials wrote in a statement Wednesday. "University officials are very grateful for Professor Suski's interest in the position and continue to hold Professor Suski in high regard. We wish Professor Suski well as she moves forward with her career.
US politics
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 week ago

Let's Level the Playing Field for Singles in Higher Ed

"Singlism" is a term coined by psychologist Dr. Bella DePaulo; this is defined as the discrimination and stereotyping of those who are non-married (I prefer this to the term "unmarried"). I'm not a psychologist, but a lot of the assumptions Dr. Tanglen's colleagues made about her "freedom" are an example of singlism. Much of the loneliness the writer felt may have been a result of internalized singlism, which emanates from societal messages from our public discourse (media, business practices, even laws)
Social justice
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

Why the right wants to ban Plato: It's part of their war on being human - LGBTQ Nation

Texas A&M University last week banned a philosophy professor from teaching about Plato's Symposium because it's too gay, and, while obviously philosophy classes should be allowed to teach about Plato and state lawmakers and administrators shouldn't be interfering in curricula... they are right that the specific texts that they banned are pretty gay. If the legislators' and administrators' goal is to make LGBTQ+ people feel more isolated and alone as a way of getting them to conform and pretend to be cisgender and heterosexual,
Philosophy
Higher education
fromBoston.com
1 week ago

Chinese universities surge in global rankings as U.S. schools slip

Harvard remains a leading research university but fell to No. 3 as Chinese universities rise and U.S. institutions face reduced federal research funding.
#college-enrollment
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago
Higher education

More students are going to college. Affordability and workforce training are factors

U.S. college enrollment rose to 19.4 million in fall, surpassing prepandemic levels, with gains concentrated at public universities and community colleges.
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago
Higher education

The College Backlash Is a Mirage

College enrollment and degree attainment are rising, and the long-term earnings premium for bachelor's graduates substantially outweighs tuition costs for most.
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago
Higher education

More students are going to college. Affordability and workforce training are factors

fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 week ago

In Times of Crisis, Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Colleges and universities hold huge influence in their communities. They can mediate differences and foster healthy debate. Indeed, several institutions have established schools of civic life that would, presumably, raise the alarm when constitutional rights are being violated. Academic research influences policy and informs public conversations. Scholars can put this violence into context and help remind us that this is not OK.
Higher education
Higher education
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

Vanderbilt buys troubled San Francisco arts college Nvidia CEO tried to save

Vanderbilt University will acquire the California College of the Arts downtown campus as the art school winds down operations by 2027.
#artificial-intelligence
fromFortune
1 week ago
Higher education

Why a college degree is still worthwhile-and the 3 things it can teach you that AI can't do | Fortune

fromFortune
2 weeks ago
Higher education

Google's Sergey Brin admits he's hiring 'tons' of workers without degrees: 'They just figure things out on their own in some weird corner' | Fortune

fromFortune
1 week ago
Higher education

Why a college degree is still worthwhile-and the 3 things it can teach you that AI can't do | Fortune

fromFortune
2 weeks ago
Higher education

Google's Sergey Brin admits he's hiring 'tons' of workers without degrees: 'They just figure things out on their own in some weird corner' | Fortune

Education
fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

Feeder Schools 2025: Find out which schools send the most students to college

Breakdown shows where Leaving Certificate 2025 pupils enrolled in Irish higher-education institutions, with school-level destinations and a direct comparison to 2024.
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Gen Z Arriving at College Unable to Read

it's not even an inability to critically think. It's an inability to read sentences.
Higher education
#ai-adoption
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
Higher education

Universities risk becoming passive arms of Silicon Valley if they don't question how AI shapes truth, a professor says

fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
Higher education

Universities risk becoming passive arms of Silicon Valley if they don't question how AI shapes truth, a professor says

fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 weeks ago

Snatching Venezuelan Oil and Greenland: Lessons for Students on Imperialism

I have spent 12 of my 28 years in higher education working in top business schools-three in graduate admissions and nine as a tenured professor. I especially love teaching and mentoring MBA students, in part because I know that most of them are going to ascend to leadership in corporations, government agencies and other organizations in the future. I want them to leave my classrooms with the practical skills required to solve complex contemporary business problems.
US politics
Startup companies
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Jeff Bezos tells Gen Z entrepreneurs to gain work experience before launching new companies: 'I started Amazon when I was 30' | Fortune

Gaining work experience and completing a degree increases the odds of founding a successful tech company more than early college-dropout entrepreneurship.
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

For Germany and India, forging closer relations is not easy DW 01/11/2026

"India serves as the office of the global economy. China, on the other hand, is more like the factory of the global economy." India has undergone rapid development in the process, Wagner told DW. "It began with the call centers. Now it is the research facilities. Many large German companies have outsourced their research institutes to India. And the Indian students who come to us mostly do degrees in science and engineering."
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Higher education
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Top University of Minnesota grads are 'at least as good, maybe better' than the best and brightest from Harvard, former Goldman Sachs CEO says | Fortune

Top-tier students from large public universities can match or exceed Ivy peers because surviving a larger, tougher cohort signals equivalent or greater ability.
Higher education
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence-professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates | Fortune

College students increasingly lack basic sentence-level reading skills, forcing professors to lower expectations and adopt remedial pedagogies.
Media industry
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

The Atlantic Hires Adam Harris to Host New Weekly Video Podcast

Adam Harris returns to The Atlantic staff to host and develop a new weekly video podcast launching this spring.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 weeks ago

How Colleges Hope to Approach International Higher Ed in 2026

Amid uncertainty about what the future may bring for international higher education, institutions are investing in new recruitment strategies or looking at new ways to reach international students, according to international education experts. That may involve recruiting more from countries that weren't as affected by visa delays, forging new partnerships with international recruiting agencies or launching new branch campuses to reach international students in their home countries.
Higher education
Education
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

'Employers are increasingly turning to degree and GPA' in hiring: Recruiters retreat from 'talent is everywhere,' double down on top colleges | Fortune

Many companies are prioritizing targeted campus recruiting from a shortlist of prestigious universities, increasing reliance on degree, GPA, and proximity when evaluating candidates.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
3 weeks ago

Increased Sense of Belonging Boosts Student Graduation Rates

The survey measured belonging by asking students to rate their agreement with the statement "I feel that I am a part of [school]" on a five-point scale, where 1 means strongly disagree and 5 means strongly agree. Students who rated their sense of belonging in their second year one step higher on the five-point scale than they did in their first year-such as moving from neutral to agree-were 3.4 percentage points more likely to graduate within four years.
Higher education
#philanthropy
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

UK university degree no longer passport to social mobility', says King's vice-chancellor

The competition for graduate jobs is not just all because of AI filling out forms or taking away jobs. It's also because of the stalling of our economy and it's also because of a surfeit of graduates. So I feel that that simple promise [of a good job] has now become conditional on Which university did you go to? What course did you take?
Higher education
Venture
fromThe Mercury News
3 weeks ago

Diablo Valley students in Pleasant Hill win big at entrepreneurship contest

Students from Contra Costa colleges presented wellness, food-sustainability, and student-support ventures, with four teams winning cash prizes at a district pitch competition.
US politics
fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

Trump's Attempts to Control Higher Education Follow a Familiar Fascist Playbook

The Trump administration is undermining higher education and academic independence, advancing policies that risk transforming universities into ideological instruments and fueling a neofascist trajectory.
World news
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

31 Atlantic Stories You Might Have Missed

A curated selection of notable long-form narratives and essays spanning travel, politics, culture, and history, recommended for winter reading.
#student-housing
fromThe Mercury News
4 weeks ago
Higher education

New law streamlines housing development process for California's coastal universities

Assembly Bill 357 streamlines Coastal Commission approvals to accelerate and lower-cost development of student housing on California coastal university campuses starting Jan. 1.
fromwww.santacruzsentinel.com
4 weeks ago
California

New law streamlines housing development process for California's coastal universities

California Assembly Bill 357 streamlines Coastal Commission approvals to accelerate and reduce costs for student housing development on coastal university campuses beginning Jan. 1.
#gaza
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Dangerous Over-Accommodation Myth

Universities face growing demands for accommodations for invisible disabilities while diagnosis rates and accommodation processes provoke operational strain and public controversy.
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 month ago

Remembering Donald Hongisto, president of Merritt College and other Peralta campuses

Don moved to San Francisco in 1942 with his parents and younger brother Richard (Dick). He often joked that leaving the frigid cold of northern Minnesota and moving to beautiful San Francisco was one of the best things his parents ever did. Don was an academic student, skipping half a grade after moving to San Francisco. In 1950, he graduated from Polytechnic High School, where he was a yell leader and an editor of the high school newspaper and yearbook.
Higher education
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Hellenic College moves to sell Brookline land amid financial rebound

As small colleges across Massachusetts struggle to stay afloat, Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is taking a different path: selling up to 25 acres of land for conservation and directing $25 million into its endowment, a move leaders say will help secure the Brookline institution's long-term future. Over the past five years, the school has successfully turned its financial situation around. As of June 30, 2025, the endowment was just over $38 million, up from $28.5 million in 2019, according to financial statements.
Higher education
Higher education
fromCornell Chronicle
1 month ago

Kotlikoff to December grads: 'Meet the future with confidence' | Cornell Chronicle

More than 500 Cornell graduates marked their transition to alumni, attributing rigorous education and supportive campus communities for preparing them for careers and life.
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

The Most Prestigious Colleges and Universities On Every Continent

Prestigious colleges and universities have long been epicenters of knowledge and innovation, responsible for influencing groundbreaking ideas and research. Around the world, a select group of institutions stand out among the thousands. These schools are known for academic excellence, research, historic legacy, and world-wide reputation. Examples of these brilliant institutions include centuries-old European establishments as well as modern niche universities. They attract high-achieving students and top faculty while setting the ultimate standard for higher education on a global scale.
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Higher education
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

San Jose City College names new president

Dr. Marilyn Flores will begin as president of San José City College on January 12, 2026, bringing extensive community college leadership and commitment to equity.
fromFortune
1 month ago

'They'll lose their humanity': Dartmouth professor says he's surprised just how scared his Gen Z students are of AI | Fortune

In a recent interview, the former consultant at McKinsey and Innosight, a boutique firm cofounded by Clayton Christensen and Mark Johnson in 2000 and acquired by Huron in 2017, revealed the prevailing mood among the next generation of business leaders isn't just excitement-it is fear. "One of the things that really surprises me consistently is how scared our students are of using it," Anthony said.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
1 month ago

Palestinian immigrant achieves American dream in Contra Costa County

At such a young age, Khalilieh left home alone for the United States, carrying little more than determination and a limited grasp of English. The very little English I knew I learned from watching old Clint Eastwood cowboy movies, he said. Those films shaped his expectations of America, which were quickly challenged upon arrival. To my surprise, when I got to California, no one was wearing cowboy hats, he added.
Higher education
#erasmus
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month ago

AAUP Raises Alarm Over Palantir's Work for Ed Department

The AAUP says it learned of the partnership when FedScoop reported that it noticed a message referencing Palantir on the website foreignfundinghighered.gov Dec. 4. An hour later, the website showed "a login page with the Palantir logo," and, a couple of hours after that, "the Palantir logo was replaced with an Education Department logo," the outlet wrote. Foreignfundinghighered.gov tracks foreign gifts and contracts data for higher ed institutions.
Education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month ago

UNC to Close Area Studies Centers

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will close its area studies centers in 2026, faculty members within the centers told Inside Higher Ed. The six centers-the Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies-are all expected to close at some point next year.
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fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month ago

Public Trust Requires Both Reform and Defense

Higher ed cannot restore public trust in colleges and universities unless the sector reckons in a clear-eyed fashion with the causes of the current crisis. Simply put, the fundamental problem is that when the sector or its individual institutions draw public criticism, we are unable either to make quick changes in response, to explain compellingly why we should not do so, or to redirect public attention effectively toward the overall value and purpose of our work.
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Higher education
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

OpenAIinks deals with colleges, seizing early lead in education market

OpenAI secured an early lead on US college campuses by selling hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT licenses and driving widespread student and faculty usage.
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fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Get Ready For U.S. News Law School Rankings To Make No Sense - Above the Law

U.S. News law school rankings once provided crude but useful prestige guidance, but recent projections produce implausible ties undermining their credibility as a prestige barometer.
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