The new Gates-funded commission could threaten liberal arts subsidies The commission will put a value on a college education, moving the country into a two-tiered system, argues Nicholas Tampio By Nicholas Tampio 20 May
Trump tweets ‘directly cut foreign student interest in US’ ‘Real-time’ data from recruiter’s website shows ‘travel ban’ tweets immediately put off Indian students, conference told By David Matthews 17 May
Failure to support presses is a betrayal of the academic mission Stanford University’s insistence that its press break even is another bleak milestone in corporatisation, says David Palumbo-Liu By David Palumbo-Liu 15 May
China fears could feed broader US clampdown on research sharing Senator suggests that universities might want to keep more of their findings to themselves By Paul Basken 15 May
Academics ‘should upload research contracts alongside papers’ Call follows revelations about Coca-Cola’s influence over some sponsored research By David Matthews 14 May
University of Illinois system rebuilds after budget impasse System president says new academic hiring programme and innovation network will boost university following financial issues By Ellie Bothwell 14 May
Sponsorship of US sports coaches tied to student admissions Practice seen as officially accepted counterpart to bribes currently under investigation By Paul Basken 13 May
Ontario’s hopes for performance-based funding seen as optimistic US experience suggests budget shift has little impact on colleges’ results By Paul Basken 12 May
Harvard expels professor after decades of sexual harassment University promises study of how former vice-provost’s behaviour persisted for so long By Paul Basken 9 May
US House moves to boost education and research spending Initial moves on 2020 budget suggest another reversal of Trump priorities By Paul Basken 9 May
Reviewers change their mind after hearing from ‘peers’ Harvard experiment finds nearly half of academics amended their assessment of a research application after seeing randomly generated ‘expert scores’ By Rachael Pells 8 May
Blackface row opens debate over librarians’ academic freedom Doane University librarian suspended in row over display By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 7 May
