Canada urged to prize human capital over research output Universities should use federal budget boost to help companies keep innovating, not to do it themselves, top science policy expert says Paul Basken 1月 6日
Is US higher education in crisis? Many observers perceive US higher education to be in trouble. They’re missing the big picture, says Steven Brint Steven Brint 1月 3日
University donations: No strings attached? When universities accept donations from entities with particular ideological stances, are they sacrificing academic freedom on the altar of Mammon? Paul Basken 1月 3日
Success with minorities makes Maryland campus a topic of study UMBC’s success in producing black graduates who later earn science doctorates may prove tough to replicate Paul Basken 12月 30日
Migrant academics more prolific than US colleagues but paid less Foreign-born academics outperform US counterparts on numerous productivity measures, analysis shows Jack Grove 12月 29日
US universities prepared to pay high price for sporting success Despite scandal and top-level resignations, University of Maryland system head sees football as being well worth the trouble Paul Basken 12月 27日
The ‘bolus’ model: a better template for internationalisation? Toronto scholars say Ethiopia collaboration has helped reverse brain drain and led to important milestones for country Ellie Bothwell 12月 26日
‘Free college’ movement builds ahead of 2020 US presidential poll Even if tuition-free or ‘debt-free’ higher education cannot be achieved at national level, local reforms are having a big impact Paul Basken 12月 20日
Academic researchers are not statistical Bond villains The Canadian government’s excessive policing of privacy makes it intolerably onerous to access its datasets, says Karen Robson Karen Robson 12月 20日
There is nothing impersonal about online learning The residential experience has its attractions for school-leavers, but most US students value low cost and flexibility above all, says Paul LeBlanc Paul LeBlanc 12月 20日
Indigenous academic leaders in Canada ‘need allies’ on top team Latest Indigenous scholar to leave post urges universities to focus on student support, not ‘tokenistic’ senior positions Ellie Bothwell 12月 19日
US researchers see EU privacy rules as brake on collaboration New European rule on protecting data from human research subjects being found so complicated as to slow medical science Paul Basken 12月 15日
