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 Nicholas Tampio 5月 20日
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 David Matthews 5月 17日
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 David Palumbo-Liu 5月 15日
China fears could feed broader US clampdown on research sharing Senator suggests that universities might want to keep more of their findings to themselves Paul Basken 5月 15日
Academics ‘should upload research contracts alongside papers’ Call follows revelations about Coca-Cola’s influence over some sponsored research David Matthews 5月 14日
University of Illinois system rebuilds after budget impasse System president says new academic hiring programme and innovation network will boost university following financial issues Ellie Bothwell 5月 14日
Sponsorship of US sports coaches tied to student admissions Practice seen as officially accepted counterpart to bribes currently under investigation Paul Basken 5月 13日
Ontario’s hopes for performance-based funding seen as optimistic US experience suggests budget shift has little impact on colleges’ results Paul Basken 5月 12日
Harvard expels professor after decades of sexual harassment University promises study of how former vice-provost’s behaviour persisted for so long Paul Basken 5月 9日
US House moves to boost education and research spending Initial moves on 2020 budget suggest another reversal of Trump priorities Paul Basken 5月 9日
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’ Rachael Pells 5月 8日
Blackface row opens debate over librarians’ academic freedom Doane University librarian suspended in row over display Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 5月 7日
