US universities fall in behind China security warnings Researchers participating in China’s Thousand Talents initiative – aimed at luring scientists back home – urged to quit Paul Basken 2月 5日
US officials retreat from ‘provocative’ higher education reforms In what may be a tactical pullback, Trump administration reduces reach of wide-reaching bid to empower for-profit sector Paul Basken 2月 4日
US university students see nuance in free speech limits Amid strident debates, undergraduate attitudes reflect expert appeal for case-by-case considerations Paul Basken 2月 2日
US universities urged to join global quality debate Colleges warned their declines in foreign students could worsen if they do not pay more attention to global quality deliberations Paul Basken 2月 1日
Should plagiarism be a bar to presidency? Joe Biden’s first presidential run was derailed by a scandal over a college law paper. Should he be allowed a second chance, asks Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 1月 31日
Wearable brain monitor promises to aid distracted students Star Trek-style headset combines electroencephalography sensors with a video camera Rachael Pells 1月 30日
Applicant ‘told to take DNA test in hope of minority ancestry’ Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University defends lawsuit launched by Princeton graduate its medical school rejected Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 1月 30日
Duke academic complains about students speaking Chinese Assistant professor resigns from administrative post after backlash against comments Paul Basken 1月 28日
Stanford dean questions ‘transformative impact’ of one-year MBA Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business suggests students want to spend more time at university, not less Ellie Bothwell 1月 28日
Social scientists ‘seen as less competent’ by science academics Survey of earth scientists suggests exposing scientists to social science earlier might help interdisciplinary working Simon Baker 1月 27日
Universities keep quiet as students protest Ontario funding cuts While students protest hit on affordability, colleges shrug and grow foreign enrolment Paul Basken 1月 25日
AIEA 2019: immigration rule changes ‘undermine higher education’ Tally of administration policy shifts shows insidious and calculated strategy posing long-term academic harm, conference hears Paul Basken 1月 25日
