US academies call for reshaping of postgraduate STEM education End stigma against students who don't want to pursue careers in academia, says report Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 6月 6日
Branch campus rush ‘undermines local trust in universities’ Toronto president says international ventures have diverted resources from institutions’ core activities Matthew Reisz 6月 6日
Canadian university strike ‘harbinger of things to come’ Universities across North America told they must resolve issues around job insecurity as one institution faces 14th week of industrial action Ellie Bothwell 6月 5日
‘Seismic spring’ shifts US attitudes to student safety on campus Court rulings make clear that higher education institutions’ responsibilities go further than previously thought Jon Marcus 6月 4日
US universities launch global scholarships as applications fall Scheme introduced as figures show most US colleges have seen a fall in number of international applications Ellie Bothwell 5月 30日
Scandal-hit University of Southern California head to step down Max Nikias and senior leaders perceived to have failed to act on misconduct reports Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 5月 29日
MIT dean: Nobel prize would give teaching the prestige it needs High-quality tuition must be given the same recognition as cutting-edge research, says founder of open-access learning platform Rachael Pells 5月 25日
US student enrolment ‘continues to decline’ Drop driven by fall in number of mature, part-time and non-degree seeking students in past year Ellie Bothwell 5月 23日
Are the humanities in crisis? If they are, how can we save them? Although talk of crisis may be alarmist, academics in the humanities need to get out and fight their corner more effectively, former president says Matthew Reisz 5月 23日
Republican opposition to US higher education ‘overstated’ Major survey finds widespread support for universities among party’s supporters, but reveals clear divides with Democrats on funding Paul Fain for Inside Higher Ed 5月 22日
US public universities ‘more efficient on teaching’ But study by French academics says they tend to perform more poorly on research owing to multi-campus nature of many institutions Simon Baker 5月 20日
The academic who hopped a freight train to live and learn with drifters For insight into the ‘pervasive dislocation’ of people’s lives today, the sociologist Jeff Ferrell rode the rails across the US. He tells Matthew Reisz about life on the road and the limits of mainstream research Matthew Reisz 5月 17日