In the US, unemployment among recent college graduates is up 1.3 percentage points from its mid-2022 low, but by almost double that among recent labour market entrants without a degree, who have seen a 2.4 point rise. This is very different to the much more modest 0.7 point rise among the frequently — but inappropriately — cited group of non-grads in their mid-twenties who are sheltered from today’s harsh hiring conditions.

The FT finally stating what others in HE policy have been saying for years: that graduate outcome metrics tell us far more about the economy that students graduate into than the skill levels of those graduates or the quality of their education!

“I am not now, nor have I ever been, part of any kind of antifascist or anti-racist organization – I just haven’t. I’m a professor,” Bray said on Monday about the circumstances. Noting that antifa is a decentralized movement, he added: “I’m a professor of the history of the left.” (via The Guardian)

Very concerning news emerging from the USA, where academics are increasingly targets of political attacks and ostricisation. This is part of a much longer campaign from the organisation which is notorious for its Professor Watchlist, which encourages students to report on left-wing professors at US institutions.