Interested in starting a business, learning about artificial intelligence or exploring a new hobby? There’s a class for that. Millions of U.S. adults enroll in credit and non-credit…
Read more Older adults are heading back to school and represent the ‘new majority student’ as they seek up-skilling or a career change | FortuneFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Interested in starting a business, learning about artificial intelligence or exploring a new hobby? There’s a class for that. Millions of U.S. adults enroll in…
Read more Why adults pursuing career growth or personal interests are the ‘new majority’ studentDuring the past several weeks, I have been making the argument that progressive movements in America need to strengthen their connection to communities of faith and center their…
Read more How the University Replaced the Church as the Home of Liberal MoralityThe first time Patrick Thaw saw his University of Michigan friends together since sophomore year ended was bittersweet. They were starting a new semester in Ann Arbor, while…
Read more He left the US for an internship. Trump’s travel ban made it impossible to returnNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Austin Peay State University has reinstated a professor who was fired for his social media post after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The…
Read more Tennessee university reinstates professor fired for Charlie Kirk post and settles for $500kClaire Isnard can trace her 40‑year career—including 17 years at fashion house Chanel—back to one bad exam. Had she passed, she’d likely still be in a classroom, grading…
Read more Chanel exec started in teaching—she fell into luxury after a failed exam forced her back to school. Her career advice for Gen Z? Get out of their dorms | FortuneNEW YORK — Mega billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, former news anchor Lauren Sánchez Bezos, are awarding $5 million to the founder of a neurodivergent…
Read more Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos are awarding $5 million to a leader in neurodiversity educationPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The ongoing effort to find a man who walked onto Brown University ’s campus during a busy exam season and shot nearly a dozen students…
Read more Brown University shooting leaves students, community frustrated with official responsePROVIDENCE, R.I. — Hundreds of police officers were scouring the Brown University campus along with nearby neighborhoods and poring over video in the hunt for a shooter who…
Read more Fear grips Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 9 as police search for shooterThat reality is showing up on a campus. A growing share of college students are seeking medical evaluations for ADHD, anxiety, and depression—and requesting academic accommodations such as…
Read more Billionaire Palantir cofounder calls elite college undergrads a ‘loser generation’ as data reveals rise in students seeking support for disabilities | FortuneNEW YORK (AP) — When Jennifer Austin met Molly in second grade, they quickly became best friends. They giggled through classes until the teacher separated them, inspiring them…
Read more How to connect with old friends and why it mattersWASHINGTON — Foreign students enrolled at U.S. colleges in strong numbers this fall despite fears that a Trump administration crackdown would trigger a nosedive, yet there are signs…
Read more Foreign enrollment at US colleges holds steady, for now, despite Trump’s visa crackdownIn the spring of 2023, while his classmates at Georgetown were cramming for finals, Brendan Foody was busy testing out his new theory of work. “I knew I…
Read more Meet the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, who skipped finals to make an empire out of teaching AI ‘what only humans know’ | FortuneMore than half of the grades handed out at Harvard College are A’s, an increase from decades past even as school officials have sounded the alarm for years…
Read more Harvard says it’s been giving too many A grades to students | FortuneNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Young jobseekers, challenged by a rapidly changing labor market, are having a tough time. The U.S. unemployment rate for 22- to…
Read more Citi Foundation is putting $25M toward tackling young adults’ unemployment and AI labor disruptionsNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Young jobseekers, challenged by a rapidly changing labor market, are having a tough time. The U.S. unemployment rate for 22- to…
Read more Citi Foundation putting $25M toward tackling unemployment and AI labor disruptionsTension between Indiana University and its student newspaper flared this week with the elimination of the outlet’s print editions and the firing of a faculty adviser, who refused…
Read more Indiana University fires student newspaper adviser who refused to block news storiesWASHINGTON (AP) — For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or whether to go at all — has become a complex calculation…
Read more Colleges are fighting to prove their return on investmentFor a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or whether to go at all — has become a complex calculation of costs and benefits that…
Read more Does college offer a return on investment? ‘It’s front of mind for universities today in a way that it was not necessarily 15, 20 years ago’ | FortuneWASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or whether to go at all — has become a…
Read more Is college worth the cost? Universities work to show the return on investment