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Influential Treasury committee chair Meg Hillier says review follows growing concern over graduate debt
UK firms struggling to hire young people amid cost pressures, MPs told
Young adults in the UK face a “perfect storm” of economic challenges, the head of the influential Treasury select committee has warned as it launches an inquiry into student loans.
The cross-party committee’s...
The Treasury Committee will look at whether “the goalposts [have] been moved in a way which is unfair”.
Turning Point USA, the right-wing campus group, is partnering with Arkansas and Indiana, the latest of several states to have similar arrangements.
Plus, the growing demand for higher education to prove its value.
The Trump administration wants colleges and universities to share information about the race and gender of applicants to make sure they’re not using racial preferences in admissions.
The historic images of a father known as Renty and his daughter Delia will be honored today in a ceremony by their new steward, a museum in South Carolina.
The high schoolers fighting back against tech use.
Plus, iPads in kindergarten.
New York’s dentists are aging, and a “retirement cliff” has left a shortage of people in the job.
Troy Closson, who reports on education at The Times, discusses how he covers the largest school system in the country.
Through his lawyers, Alberto Carvalho, who was put on leave after the F.B.I. raided his home and office, said that his actions were appropriate but that he would respect the investigative process.
The ex-deputy PM told the BBC he would “take on the chin” any criticism surrounding his involvement
Two doctors affiliated with the university and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital stepped down after an external report found that the administrators mishandled allegations of abuse against Robert Hadden.
As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large
Lea Pao, a professor of literature at Stanford University, has been experimenting with ways to get her students to learn offline. She has them memorize poems, perform at recitation events, look at art in the real world.
It’s an effort to reconnect them to the bodily experience...
The Trump administration, which said it is investigating harassment, sued the University of Pennsylvania after it refused a request to provide information about Jewish students and staff.
Mounting evidence shows that excessive computer use can harm children, so parents are cutting back at home. Now, the debate has shifted to the classroom.
Psychologist Leanne ten Brinke has spent decades studying toxic personality traits. What are the red flags to look out for among workmates, politicians and potential partners?
Coming face to face with a probable psychopath was enough to make Dr Leanne ten Brinke rethink her career choices. Early in her 20s, while studying forensic psychology in Halifax, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia,...
Ministers say “bold reforms” for post-16 students will end snobbery and prepare students for work.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will announce that New York City is expanding free preschool for 3-year-olds, adding 1,000 seats to meet demand across the city.
Walter ‘Ted’ Carter Jr says he ‘made a mistake in allowing inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership’
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The president of the Ohio State University has resigned following the disclosure of an “inappropriate relationship” to the college’s board of trustees.
In a statement, Walter “Ted” Carter Jr, who had led the...
Planned changes to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in England were announced last month.