Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The University of Missouri is looking into whether a graduate student employee union at the university would be legal, interim president Michael Middleton said. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The arrest of an Indian student last week on the charge of sedition has snowballed into a tense standoff between the Indian government and a prestigious university, fueling a heated debate here about democracy, treason and campus activism. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. As the Supreme Court once again considers the role of affirmative action in college admissions, at least two institutions have quietly made significant leaps in terms of diversifying their student bodies by chipping away at barriers long embedded in the traditional college admission system. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. States are finally backing away from the draconian sentencing policies that swept the country at the end of the last century, driving up prison costs and sending too many people to jail for too long, often for nonviolent offenses. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Thousands of college students are silently suffering from undiagnosed depression and anxiety, but a new, simpler four-question survey (attached) developed at Ball State University could help young people get care before they have failing grades or become isolated. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In the past couple of years imbroglios erupted on college campuses across the U.S. over trigger warnings (for example, alerting students to scenes of abuse and violence in The Great Gatsby before assigning it), microaggressions (saying “I believe the most qualified person should get the job”), cultural appropriation (a white woman wearing her hair in cornrows), speaker disinvitations (Brandeis University canceling plans to award Ayaan Hirsi Ali an honorary degree because of her criticism of Islam's treatment of women), safe spaces (such as rooms where students can go after a talk that has upset them), and social justice advocates competing to signal their moral outrage over such issues as Halloween costumes (last year at Yale University). More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The push continues for New Mexico to recruit and maintain a qualified workforce in order to attract and keep companies interested in relocating or expanding in the state. State lawmakers appear to be taking action on the subject. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. It’s auf Wiedersehen, America — with your cost-prohibitive college tuition and suffocating student loan debt — and hello, Germany, and your FREE college education. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Many academic journals are extremely expensive. Want to read just one article? That could cost you around $30. The best way to access academic papers is through universities or libraries. But those institutions can pay millions of dollars a year to subscribe to a comprehensive collection. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Angie Anderson loves being a college student. She just doesn’t want to be one forever. More...