"Songs to Listen to in the Wendy's Parking Lot" released on Sept. 23. Here's how to listen to the fast-food chain's new emo album.

I’m going to apologize for the length of this essay ahead of time, but it’s wild that in 2026 a serious and smart group of sociologists continue to signal that classical texts written over a centur…

Another El Niño-influenced phenomenon — a “coastally trapped Kelvin wave” — is moving up the coast of Mexico and will soon hit the U.S. West Coast.

Over half the world’s population lives in urban regions, and increasingly disasters are of great concern to city dwellers, policymakers, and builders. Risky Cities is a critical examination of global ...

The community college issued layoff notices to all of its part-time and full-time counselors, citing budget concerns and possible plans to outsource services. Delaware County Community College shocked faculty and staff when it warned its entire counseling department of layoffs set to take effect this summer. College leaders argue they need the cuts to shrink a budget gap, but counselors are fighting for their jobs, arguing their services can’t be outsourced.

New borrowing caps may curb college costs, but high tuition still makes it harder to become a teacher, nurse or doctor.

Some don’t see a future in a sector battling for its very existence.

By Michelle Corbin, Albert Fu, Colby King, and Joseph Cohen Michelle Corbin is an Associate Professor of Sociology Worcester State University; Albert Fu is a Professor of Sociology in the Departmen…

At the highest level, the U.S. government looks like a gerontocracy, with average ages around 60 in both the House and the Senate.

Notices went out to employees on April 27.

Roughly 100 University of Maryland College Park workers were laid off

Six months after the New School offered voluntary retirement and severance, the university has handed out layoff notices to 15 percent of employees.

Officials at the system’s Fort Collins and Pueblo campuses trimmed millions of dollars from their budgets as the state left higher education funding flat.

The generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse.

The first six months in 2025 saw 130 confirmed and unconfirmed ransomware attacks against colleges and schools, according to a report from Comparitech.

American higher ed has become a mesh of corporate contracts and outsourced services. From dining halls to student records, private vendors now run many institutions’ most basic operations — atomizing workers and undermining the university’s public mission.

American higher ed has become a mesh of corporate contracts and outsourced services. From dining halls to student records, private vendors now run many institutions’ most basic operations — atomizing workers and undermining the university’s public mission.

Debt and an enrollment crisis sunk Hampshire College. Is it a canary in the coal mine for higher ed?

Penn State University could slash 12% of its undergraduate academic programs this fall if school leaders follow through with preliminary recommendations...

While the 2022 merger of California, Clarion and Edinboro universities realized savings in personnel and operations, enrollment projections for Pennsylvania Western University were short 4,800 student...

Colleges made or announced moves to cut hundreds of jobs and programs in March. Cuts were driven by financial constraints, federal policy fallout and low program enrollment. The need to tighten purse strings and enrollment issues drove plans in March to cut hundreds of jobs and programs.