Felicity Huffman gets two-week jail term in admissions scandal Contrition helps actress who paid to get answers changed on her daughter's SAT By Paul Basken 16 September
Sciences in doubt as Ontario gets French-speaking campus Long-awaited francophone university in largest Canadian province to emphasise humanities By Paul Basken 16 September
MIT admits top leadership involved in accepting Epstein money As Harvard donates some Epstein money, MIT’s president concedes endorsing abusive financier By Paul Basken 13 September
How student debt shapes family life Caitlin Zaloom considers how we can prevent escalating fees from tying students to their parents well into adulthood By Caitlin Zaloom 12 September
World Academic Summit: constructive criticism ‘key to creativity’ Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski tells young scholars to focus on research and ignore ‘shitty job market’ By Ellie Bothwell 11 September
World Academic Summit: ‘embed ethics’ to stay relevant, universities told Harvard professor says universities must take on responsibility for morality in a post-institutional and post-religious world By Ellie Bothwell 11 September
Muggles no more: Harry Potter studies comes of age This autumn Chestnut Hill College will host one of the world’s most unusual annual academic conferences By Jon Marcus 11 September
MIT Media Lab director quits over ‘hidden ties to Epstein’ Joi Ito alleged to have made extensive efforts to hide millions of dollars donated by sexual abuser By Paul Basken 9 September
Canadian universities earning more from fees than public purse Domestic students benefit for now as foreign classmates cancel out provincial budget cuts By Paul Basken 9 September
Michigan State accepts federal fine and fires provost over Nassar case University to pay $4.5 million (?3.7 million) and pursue further actions against culpable officials By Paul Basken 6 September
US Student Success Forum: universities urged to work with schools on access Wealthier institutions urged to take lead on improving minority representation By Paul Basken 6 September
Three failed replication attempts but no retraction for HIV study Science’s decision sparks debate about how journals should respond to concerns about reproducibility By Jack Grove 6 September