By Scott Jaschik. The Rhodes Trust has announced an expansion of the Rhodes Scholarships to students from more countries. Scholarships will be added for students from Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, the Palestinian Territories, Syria and West Africa. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Hillary Clinton on Thursday endorsed legislation in California that would limit the share of non-Californians enrolled at University of California campuses to 10 percent, CNN reported. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The arrival of annual reports on the job market in various humanities fields this year left many graduate students depressed about their prospects and professors worried about the futures of their disciplines. English and foreign language openings were down 3 percent and 7.6 percent, respectively. History jobs fell 8 percent. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The Atlantic Philanthropies on Tuesday announced major grants to promote work on inequality. The fund will provide $91 million to the London School of Economics and Political Science. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The 2015-16 academic year has seen numerous shootings, some deadly, of students, and a national debate over guns on campus. On Wednesday, with the academic year winding down, an engineering professor was shot and killed at the University of California at Los Angeles. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. ACT on Tuesday announced a series of changes in the way people may request accommodations in testing conditions. Many advocates for students with disabilities have said that it is too time-consuming and complicated to request such accommodations. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. A New Jersey appeals court has found that the state may not award grants through a program to support college facilities to a Jewish yeshiva and a Presbyterian seminary, NJ.com reported. Read more...