The University of Michigan fired Mark Schlissel as its president on Jan. 15, following an investigation into an inappropriate relationship he had with a subordinate. The Board of Regents announced … Read more
The Taliban arrested a prominent university professor in Afghanistan on Jan. 8 after he publicly criticized the regime in a live television debate. Taliban authorities arrested Faizullah Jalal, a long-time … Read more
Hong Kong’s oldest university removed on Dec. 23 a famous statue commemorating pro-democracy protesters in the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. In an overnight operation, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) … Read more
The bomb threat at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Thursday is the latest in a series of similar threats made against schools and universities, such as NYC and USC, … Read more
Loyola University Maryland’s Santi Aldama announced Wednesday he is putting his name in the 2021 NBA Draft while staying enrolled at the college. The sophomore forward is looking to gauge … Read more
A Florida law school will open a social justice center named after renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump for the next generation of diverse lawyers. “The Benjamin L. Crump Center … Read more
A college at Cambridge University handed over a looted bronze artifact to Nigeria on Oct. 27. The Jesus College Cambridge returned a statue of a cockerel known as “Okukur” during … Read more
A newly appointed Taliban chancellor of Kabul University announced that women will not be allowed to study or teach at the educational institution, a move that critics deemed as the … Read more
A gunman has reportedly killed eight people and wounded dozens more after opening fire at the Perm State University in Siberia. “At about 11 o’clock, an unknown person entered the … Read more
Australia’s Curtin University on Wednesday has asked journal publisher Wiley Online Library to retract a controversial facial recognition study by an ex-faculty member to identify Uyghur and Tibetan minorities. Academic … Read more