National Academy of Sciences votes in?new class with gender equity Women gain milestone at prestigious science body although racial divide remains wide By Paul Basken 27 April
Florida professor quits after graduate assistant¡¯s suicide Tao Li to leave amid ongoing investigations into 2019 death of Huixiang Chen By Paul Basken 27 April
Academics must stand up for their publishing rights Be careful about what you give away in your excitement about signing a contract for a book, says Lennard Davis By Lennard Davis 27 April
World Academic Summit to focus on ¡®power of place¡¯ post-Covid Online event to explore how pandemic and technology are reshaping geography of global higher education By THE Events team 26 April
Spirit of hip hop ¡®could revolutionise architectural education¡¯ Opening up the canon is essential for a discipline that struggles with diversity, claims author By Matthew Reisz 24 April
Union censures Toronto after job ¡®rescinded over Israel views¡¯ Faculty group¡¯s first boycott order in decade affirms pro-Israel interference, but president Meric Gertler pushes back By Paul Basken 23 April
Morton Schapiro: campuses must address their own fundamentalism Book sets out to challenge the simplistic and divisive thinking to be found in disciplines as diverse as economics and literary studies By Matthew Reisz 23 April
US universities facing toughened rules on foreign funding With suggestion that academia profits from ¡®slave labour¡¯, senators back new threat to research ties By Paul Basken 22 April
Canada budget boosts student aid and biomedical science Trudeau backs spending despite deep deficit, yet still disappoints academic researchers By Paul Basken 22 April
Innovation Summit: lawmakers ¡®at odds with climate-focused students¡¯ Politicians emphasising jobs while students want impact, Eric Barron tells THE summit By Paul Basken 22 April
US college students battle alumni as they seek racial equity Advocates of healing find challenge in predecessors with Confederate sentiments By Paul Basken 22 April
SDGs are transforming ¡®global academy¡¯ from rhetoric to reality Focusing on sustainable development is not an original strategy for universities in 2021, but if anything, that only increases the value of adopting the SDGs, says Patrick Deane By Patrick Deane 21 April