The US Department of Education says it's investigating a complaint filed against New College of Florida alleging discrimination based on disability, according to a letter sent to the college's interim president. The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights said it plans to investigate "whether the College, on the basis of disability, excluded qualified persons […]

The move from one of the US's largest private universities, whose endowment totals over $5bn, represents a significant win for the climate movement, organizers said. The university first formalized the commitment in an August letter from William R Berkley, chair of NYU's board of trustees, which was seen by the Guardian, addressed to a student […]

Institutions that demonstrate gender parity have a higher likelihood to enroll more students, receive donor support and even maintain academic integrity, according to The New York Times.

Higher education has adapted slowest to artificial intelligence (AI), according to Tyler Cowen, economics professor at George Mason University. Cowen also spoke on how job scarcity stands due to AI and how country-by-country it has become an arms race. "We stand at a very unusual moment in human history," Cowen said. "For the first time, […]