How Professor Van Winkle woke up to viewpoint diversity It is 2041. Knee-jerk politics is conspicuous by its absence and students are willing to actually hear each other. But is this odd spectacle a premonition or just a dream, wonders Jonathan Zimmerman By Jonathan Zimmerman 22 July
US judge backs university requirement for Covid vaccines In first federal court test, Indiana University can keep mandate with exemptions for its on-campus students By Paul Basken 21 July
US universities anticipating major leadership turnover post-Covid Easing of pandemic a moment for many campus presidents to take a break and others to be pushed out By Paul Basken 21 July
What is a highly cited paper worth? About ?10,000 a?year Publishing a well-received paper could boost a scholar¡¯s income by $13,500, says US study By Jack Grove 20 July
Liberty after Falwell ¡®struggling with diversity¡¯ A model for conservative politics in US higher education, Virginia campus seen as reverting to intolerance By Paul Basken 20 July
US judge rejects protections that aid foreign-born students Court order has little immediate effect but has generated new Democrat vows to seek citizenship for child immigrants By Paul Basken 19 July
US faculty pay drops for first time since Great Recession Pandemic drove down wages at two-thirds of institutions, AAUP annual survey finds By Paul Basken 19 July
MIT digital learning dean quits as edX sale backlash grows Nobel laureate among professors vowing to move courses on to non-profit alternative platform after deal with 2U By Paul Basken 19 July
Limited anti-Asian bias found in US admissions data Georgetown analysis, testing argument of Harvard opponents, sees little ethnic gain from SAT-only metric By Paul Basken 15 July
Canada adds security checks to academic research grant bids Trudeau creates mandatory review ahead of grant awards, aligning nation closer to US in suspicion of China By Paul Basken 14 July
Biden pares back student aid verification requirements Reduction in paperwork demands comes amid a series of administration initiatives to help low-income borrowers By Paul Basken 14 July
Cornel West blasts Harvard¡¯s ¡®intellectual bankruptcy¡¯ on way out Leaving after tenure dispute, celebrated black activist professor criticises leadership By Paul Basken 14 July
