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University of Austin Receives Degree-Granting Authority

The University of Austin, founded by and stocked with national conservative figures, has received approval from the state of Texas...

Gag Orders Threaten Higher Ed, PEN America Report Finds

Educational gag orders—state legislation aimed at restricting the teaching of certain subjects—proliferated in both K-12 and higher education this year...
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, a brown-skinned man with bright gray hair wearing the traditional military uniform of the surgeon general, is flanked by Kate Bowler, a professor of American religion at Duke, who is wearing pink, and men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer, a light-skinned man wearing a blue suit, onstage at the Page Auditorium at Duke University.

The New Plague on Campus: Loneliness

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy launched his “We Are Made to Connect” campus tour last month, highlighting the role colleges can play in curing the loneliness epidemic.

A street scene of McGill University in Montreal

The Latest on Campus Cuts

McGill University in Canada could cut hundreds of jobs due to projected enrollment losses, while other institutions are weighing much smaller reductions.

An exterior view of the Multnomah University campus showing trees, blue sky and a white building with a steeple.

Multnomah University to Merge Into Jessup University

Years of financial decline made it impossible for Multnomah to continue independently; the two Christian institutions will work “interdependently,” leaders say.

Office for Civil Rights Warns Colleges on Antisemitism and Islamophobia

Colleges and universities are legally required to protect students from antisemitism and Islamophobia, the Education Department reminded institutions Tuesday. “Hate-based...
Jane Swift, a light-skinned woman with long gray hair wearing a black shirt, sits at her desk at the Education at Work headquarters in Arizona.

How Jane Swift Is Supporting Meaningful Student Work

In this Q&A, Swift, new president of the nonprofit Education at Work, shares how her organization is working with colleges and corporations to help students gain valuable, and paid, real-world experiences—plus what she thinks career centers and educators must do to better prepare students.

Students loiter outside the University of Missouri at Kansas City student union on the patio and on the second-floor patio.

Scaling Up: Supplemental Instruction to Aid Learning, Community Building

The University of Missouri at Kansas City has offered supplemental instruction for five decades. Here’s what the university has learned and changed.