China fears could feed broader US clampdown on research sharing Senator suggests that universities might want to keep more of their findings to themselves By Paul Basken 15 May
Academics ‘should upload research contracts alongside papers’ Call follows revelations about Coca-Cola’s influence over some sponsored research By David Matthews 14 May
University of Illinois system rebuilds after budget impasse System president says new academic hiring programme and innovation network will boost university following financial issues By Ellie Bothwell 14 May
Sponsorship of US sports coaches tied to student admissions Practice seen as officially accepted counterpart to bribes currently under investigation By Paul Basken 13 May
Ontario’s hopes for performance-based funding seen as optimistic US experience suggests budget shift has little impact on colleges’ results By Paul Basken 12 May
Harvard expels professor after decades of sexual harassment University promises study of how former vice-provost’s behaviour persisted for so long By Paul Basken 9 May
US House moves to boost education and research spending Initial moves on 2020 budget suggest another reversal of Trump priorities By Paul Basken 9 May
Reviewers change their mind after hearing from ‘peers’ Harvard experiment finds nearly half of academics amended their assessment of a research application after seeing randomly generated ‘expert scores’ By Rachael Pells 8 May
Blackface row opens debate over librarians’ academic freedom Doane University librarian suspended in row over display By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 7 May
Baby boomers back on campus as US universities surf silver wave Retirees are being invited to live and take classes alongside younger students. Jon Marcus reports By Jon Marcus 7 May
US judge protects foreign students over visa mistakes Trump policy expanding long-term bans is set aside and is likely to be ended By Paul Basken 7 May
US universities fear wider application of new endowment tax Elite institutions making last-ditch bid to block multimillion-dollar levy By Paul Basken 4 May