By Scott Jaschik. Among Americans, those who are Hindu are the most likely (77 percent) to have a college degree, according to new data from Pew Research. They are followed by Unitarian Universalists (67 percent), and Jews and Anglicans (both 59 percent). Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Many academic leaders fear the president-elect could scare off foreign students, encourage discord on campuses and promote the anti-intellectualism that won him broad support from non-college-educated males. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The following table lists the winning gubernatorial candidates in Tuesday's elections and their pledges on higher education. Candidates with an asterisk were incumbents. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. At campuses nationwide, those opposed to the president-elect hold rallies and sit-ins. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Illinois System is backing a deal proposed by some legislators that could lead to appropriations on a regular basis for system campuses, The Chicago Tribune reported. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Many campuses have seen graffiti, taunts and more -- with immigrant, Muslim and minority students as targets -- in last 48 hours. Some see a Trump effect. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. The MIT libraries should focus on its four "pillars" -- community and relationships, discovery and use, stewardship and sustainability, and research and development -- to reimagine itself as an "open global platform," according to a preliminary report published Monday. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. An associate professor at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand last week was surprised to find he had scored a speaking slot to present his paper during the International Conference on Atomic and Nuclear Physics. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. Paper finds growth of fully online degree programs led to increased spending and falling enrollments at some place-based colleges, but had little impact on tuition rates. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. Most faculty members say data-driven assessments and accountability efforts aren’t helping them improve the quality of teaching and learning at their colleges and universities, according to the 2016 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology. Instead, instructors and a large share of academic technology administrators say the efforts are mainly designed to satisfy accreditors and politicians -- not to increase degree completion rates. Read more...