Baby boomers back on campus as US universities surf silver wave Retirees are being invited to live and take classes alongside younger students. Jon Marcus reports By Jon Marcus 7 May
US judge protects foreign students over visa mistakes Trump policy expanding long-term bans is set aside and is likely to be ended By Paul Basken 7 May
US universities fear wider application of new endowment tax Elite institutions making last-ditch bid to block multimillion-dollar levy By Paul Basken 4 May
Trump adviser seeks limits to crackdown on foreign scientists Kelvin Droegemeier tells researchers that openness is ‘part of our value system’ By Paul Basken 3 May
Chinese family ‘paid $6.5 million to get daughter into Stanford’ Biggest payment in admission fraud linked to Yusi Zhao, also known as Molly By Paul Basken 2 May
Scholar takes students’ phones and makes them read for four hours David Pe?a-Guzmán says philosophy undergraduates have enthusiastically embraced experiment designed to ‘reignite their love of attentive reading’ By Anna McKie 2 May
Stanford University Press gets funding reprieve after protests Hundreds of professors had signed petition opposing scrapping of annual subsidy from parent institution By Paul Basken 1 May
US science academy moves to expel sexual harassment perpetrators New policy would allow for removal of members following two-thirds vote of governing council By Paul Basken 1 May
Experimental colleges: an idea whose time has passed? Struggles of Hampshire College suggest to some that students may be reluctant to shape their own degrees in a debt-heavy, career-focused higher education sector By Paul Basken 1 May
Early career productivity ‘linked to workplace, not training’ Data on almost 2,500 computer scientists in US and Canada suggest ‘prestige’ of PhD institution does not influence number of papers they later produce By Simon Baker 29 April
Stanford pursues talks to save academic press after criticism University threat to cut $1.7 million annual subsidy generates widespread protest By Paul Basken 29 April
Academics seek to close pay gaps between US system campuses Rutgers deal aims to combat wealth divide between New Brunswick flagship and outposts in Newark and Camden By Paul Basken 28 April
