Canadian academics lament decline of shared governance Union members urged to regain influence by focusing on big-picture problems, but time constraints emerge as major challenge By Paul Basken 1 December
Historically black colleges ahead on US graduate career readiness Annual NSSE survey of 400,000 US students finds gap between high confidence in job preparation and weaker assessment of skills By Paul Basken 29 November
US university insures itself against Chinese student revenue drop University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign says policy will provide protection if potential visa restriction, pandemic or trade war curbs enrolment By Ellie Bothwell 28 November
Canadian institute loses boss in showdown over high-risk science University of British Columbia professor quits leadership of Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies in protest at funding reforms By Paul Basken 26 November
Canada’s surge in foreign students tests its tolerant spirit Colleges confront challenges around hostility on campus and concerns over plagiarism By Paul Basken 24 November
Johns Hopkins says criticism of Bloomberg gift ‘misses the mark’ Ronald Daniels promises to take more students from poor backgrounds as observers say $1.8 billion donation would be better spent elsewhere By Paul Basken 23 November
Leadership intelligence: should leaders still be active researchers? Jack Grove asks whether those who lead academic departments and universities can still realistically find the time to be effective researchers By Jack Grove 22 November
University leaders cannot be public intellectuals A Twitter storm over a remark he made on diversity policy reminds Jeffrey Flier why he was so wary of speaking out while a Harvard dean By Jeffrey Flier 22 November
Ex-Michigan State president charged with lying in sex abuse case Long-time university leader is third top MSU official charged criminally with a failure to properly account for decade-long pattern of abuse by team doctor By Paul Basken 21 November
Academics cite work ‘they don’t know particularly well’ Survey also reveals citations have little influence over the content of a paper, raising questions over citation metrics By David Matthews 21 November
PhD students in ‘financial jeopardy’ after funding award ‘error’ Several students at the University of Toronto have been ordered to repay money received during an award ceremony By Ellie Bothwell 20 November
Bloomberg gives $1.8 billion to Hopkins to remove graduate debt Tycoon’s donation is record for a US educational institution and seen as potential groundwork for 2020 presidential run By Paul Basken 19 November
