The College Fix’s 10 most popular stories of the 2025-26 school year

Student Loan Reform Runs Into the Courts

Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published in the National Association of Scholars’s weekly CounterCurrent newsletter on July 7, 2026. My colleague, Kali Jerrard, does an excellent job each week analyzing the latest developments in higher education, and I’m happy to crosspost her work here. To subscribe to CounterCurrent or browse past editions, visit [] The post Student Loan Reform Runs Into the Courts appeared first on Minding The Campus.

Week in review: Syracuse leader warns of ‘new normal’

We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from the latest moves from the U.S. Department of Education to cuts at major public universities.

Is college still worth it in 2026? We asked an expert

OPINION/ANALYSIS The College Fix’s Gabrielle Temaat talks to AEI’s Preston Cooper about whether college is worth it in 2026, and which degrees are the best and worst to pursue.

DCC's Faith Ward on Social Media Drama and More Us Weekly Top Stories

Get a rundown of Us Weekly‘s top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on June 25, 2026. Here are the key takeaways: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders breakout Faith Ward addressed being confronted by DCC director Kelli Finglass over unflattering teenage photos during season 3 of Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts. Ward told Us the []

Colleges Reflect on 250 Years of American History, Warts and All

Colleges Reflect on 250 Years of American History, Warts and All kathryn.palmer Thu, 07/02/2026 - 03:00 AM Higher education institutions are commemorating the nation’s founding by providing a forum for grappling with the uncomfortable and nuanced aspects of the American past. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

Millennial mom shares 9 nostalgic ways she’s giving her kids a ’90s summer

We are going full '90s summer over here and I have absolutely no regrets. The post Millennial mom shares 9 nostalgic ways she’s giving her kids a ’90s summer appeared first on Upworthy.

Massachusetts Colleges to Try Three-Year Degree Programs as Schools Struggle With Enrollment

“There’s a whole generation that has listened to their parents complain about their student debt, and they’re about to go off to college, and they’re not really interested in taking on a lifetime of student debt” The post Massachusetts Colleges to Try Three-Year Degree Programs as Schools Struggle With Enrollment first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

Best Dressed at the 2026 BET Awards: Teyana Taylor, Olandria, Tems, and More Deliver Unforgettable Fashion Moments

The 2026 BET Awards delivered one of the most memorable red carpets in recent memory. From archival fashion moments to custom creations, the night was a masterclass in celebrity dressing. Read on for the most attention grabbing looks, based on your likes: In no particular order Muni Long in Sergio Hudson Muni Long made a [] The post Best Dressed at the 2026 BET Awards: Teyana Taylor, Olandria, Tems, and More Deliver Unforgettable Fashion Moments appeared first on Fashion Bomb Daily.

CW@60: Reflections of an accidental technology anthropologist

On 22 September 2026, Computer Weekly turns 60. To mark the milestone, we asked some of our friends - and our journalists - for their perspectives on how tech has changed their lives over six decades

It Started as a Harmless College Dorm Prank War. The Cruel “Final Joke” That Left One Roommate Completely Broken and in Tears.

Maybe the pranks will stop now. The post It Started as a Harmless College Dorm Prank War. The Cruel “Final Joke” That Left One Roommate Completely Broken and in Tears. appeared first on TwistedSifter.

See Photos of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Husband Brad Hall as the Couple Celebrates Their 39th Wedding Anniversary

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall met at Northwestern University back in the '80s and the rest was history

sidecar

If there’s anything that’s been consistent about this site in its near-20 years of beaming (babbling?) hypertext to servers and back to you, it’s that I’m very bossy when I get into something new, especially cocktails. When I fell in love with Porch Swings, I wanted you to as well. Ditto for Blood Orange Margaritas (but only when in season), a Perfect Manhattan era that spanned over a decade, Boulevardier that has been woven into almost every year since, and a Slushy Paper Plane phase last year. This past winter and spring still, it’s been Sidecars, 1920s-era cocktails with about as many conflicting stories as my kids regale us with when they didn’t do their homework. Read more »

Wall Street’s $130B Sports Tech Quarter, FIFA 2026’s Broadcast Complexity & Fox–Roku’s Streaming Play

Here are the latest articles curated by Sports Geek Reads. Get these updates as a podcast by subscribing to Sports Geek Rapid Rundown. This edition presented by SEAT 2026 in Charlotte, June 28-30 2026. Key Reads The 130 Billion Quarter: How Wall Street Officially Moved In On Sports Tech - Regen Sports * Wall Street [...] The post Wall Street’s 130B Sports Tech Quarter, FIFA 2026’s Broadcast Complexity Fox–Roku’s Streaming Play appeared first on Sports Geek.

'Friday Night Lights' cast to reunite in North Texas for 20th anniversary

FORT WORTH, Texas — “Friday Night Lights” is celebrating its 20th anniversary in North Texas. The Texas-set football series ran for five seasons from 2006 to 2011, and was inspired by Buzz Bissinger’s 1990 book and subsequent 2004 film ...

Last chance for students to change their college course choices

The CAO change of mind facility closes at 5pm on Wednesday 1 July.

Is your degree future-proof? Discover 15 majors that boost hiring chances for 2026!

Discover the top 15 university majors boosting job prospects in 2026. A Forbes report highlights the resilience of social sciences and humanities graduates.

I just moved my daughter out of her freshman year college dorm. Here’s everything I wish I’d known ahead of her first year.

The author (right) moved her daughter (left) out of her freshman year dorm. Courtesy of VaNessa Duplessie I recently moved my daughter out of her college freshman dorm. I realized a lot of the items I bought for her dorm, she didn’t even use. I also learned that we both grew a lot during her []

Bright Side: It’s Erling Haaland Summer. Let’s Viking Row.

Welcome to the Bright Side, a weekly roundup of all the good news and ideas you might have missed from the past week. *** Bone Thugs-N-Harmony just got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. If you’re wondering what everyone was doing in 1996, they were listening to the hip-hop group’s hit “Crossroads” on ...

What’s up this week: Comedian Laurie Kilmartin, a ska anniversary show, Classical on the Square, AI in healthcare and more

This week, see Bay Area-raised comedian Laurie Kilmartin; celebrate the ’90s ska revival with Let’s Go Bowling and Monkey; catch a free family-friendly classical concert; explore the intersection of science and Silicon Valley history and more.

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This profile is one of 51 state profiles accompanying Fordham’s report, A Crowded Table: Teacher Union Strength in 2026, which updates Fordham’s 2012 rankings of state teacher union strength. Drawing on the latest publicly available data and a new survey of K–12 stakeholders in all fifty states and the District of Columbia, researchers Melissa Arnold Lyon, Sandy Frost Waldron, and Rebecca Jacobsen find that the education policy landscape has become increasingly crowded and contested over the Read More

The College Dropoff

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The greatest college football team of every decade, from the 1920s to today

From Notre Dame's Four Horsemen to Nick Saban's dominant Alabama squads, these programs defined the last 100 years of college football

OPINION: The real college crisis isn’t enrollment. It’s completion, and it’s time to start asking why

Imagine a student who starts taking college courses while still in high school through a dual-enrollment program. By the time they arrive on campus as a first-year student, they already have credits completed. They are the first in their family to attend a four-year institution. Focused. Capable. Working part-time to help support things at home. [] The post OPINION: The real college crisis isn’t enrollment. It’s completion, and it’s time to start asking why appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Fox News Campus Radicals Newsletter: Alleged K-12 fraud, one school's battle with Newsom and a win in Florida

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California School Libraries Blindsided by ‘Catastrophic’ Budget Cut

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California librarians were stunned when a last-minute budget change stripped K-12 schools of a trove of research materials, potentially leaving thousands of students without resources to do reports, projects or homework assignments. Without notice to schools or librarians, the Legislature last week canceled []

The Community Answering the College Faith-Abandonment Crisis 

A 2007 Lifeway study found that 70 percent of young American adults who regularly attended a Protestant church in high school stopped attending upon reaching college age. Unhappy with... The post The Community Answering the College Faith-Abandonment Crisis appeared first on First Things.