By Scott Jaschik. Following a lengthy court fight, officials have released a video showing a shooting and a heroic student stopping the shooter at Seattle Pacific University in 2014, The Seattle Times reported. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Many colleges require standardized tests of applicants but fail to conduct research on whether the tests in fact predict college success and do so better than other tools, found to a new report from the National Association for College Admission Counseling. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has published a letter to high school and college officials on gender equity in career and technical education programs. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Author discusses his new book on the evolution of Middle East studies in specific and area studies more broadly. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a new employee benefit: free passes for local bus and subway service. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. A trailer has been released for the film Denial, due out this fall, about Deborah Lipstadt's legal battle with the Holocaust denier David Irving. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The U.S. Supreme Court -- as soon as Thursday and almost certainly next week -- will rule on whether or how colleges and universities may consider race and ethnicity in admissions decisions. While we doubt the justices are going to change votes based on public debate, some individuals are trying to score points on the issues. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. A new study finds that behavioral problems in early childhood have more of a negative eventual impact on the high school completion and college attainment of boys than of girls. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. ACT on Wednesday announced the creation of the ACT Center for Equity in Learning, which will bring together many of the organization's research efforts and other initiatives designed to promote equity in education. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Surprise ruling comes in much-litigated dispute over policies at University of Texas at Austin. Higher ed leaders see formula they can embrace for continuing their current policies. Read more...