By Scott Jaschik. Some immigrant children are far more likely to major in math, science or technology fields in college than are those born in the United States, a new study has found. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Chicago State University has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a lawsuit by two professors who charged the university was violating their rights to free speech by trying to shut down a blog, the Chicago Tribune reported. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The 93 presidents of United Methodist Church colleges and universities this month adopted a statement urging "full inclusion" in the church for all people, including those of all sexual orientations and gender identities. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of South Carolina has introduced a new logo. Reactions are mixed, with some students and alumni skeptical of the dominant "of" in the logo, which fans see as better distinguishing the university from the University of Southern California, which also goes by USC. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Authors discuss new book about the diversity and strength of religion in academe -- as well as some of the tensions. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of California System has warned students studying in China not to use certain social media apps such as WeChat and WhatsApp, CNN reported. More...

By Scott Jaschik. University admitted that its business school submitting fabricated statistics for years to U.S. News. Students filed a class action. More...

By Scott Jaschik. A student's score went way up the second time she took the SAT. A civil rights lawyer is demanding that ETS and College Board validate the second score. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Colleges set records in applications and admissions figures, despite lingering concerns of many experts that the programs favor wealthier applicants. Admit rates are dropping. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Serious journals of literature and ideas pride themselves on in-depth pieces that advance scholarship. The latest issue of the journal Novel features “‘No Such Thing as a Voice Pure and Simple’: Henry James’s Elocutionary Insecurities and The American.” The next issue of Papers on Language and Literature will feature the essay “‘What Was It?’: The Avant-texte and the ‘Grinding Feeling of Wretchedness’ in Katherine Mansfield’s ‘The Fly.’” These are pieces that will never end up in mass publications but that are part of the development of literary scholarship. More...