Biden’s AI executive order underlines need for student technology councils Students must be allowed to participate in decisions about technology adoption that affect their education, careers and lives, says Mona Sloane By Mona Sloane 4 November
Postdocs undervalued as PhD mentors They need the money and graduate students identify with them, but universities don’t formalise the link, analysts warn By Paul Basken 3 November
US campuses confront extent of donor influence after Israel rows While political protest a time-honoured tradition, ferocity of pro-Israel onslaught leaves academia to mull its true independence By Paul Basken 2 November
US university fined $38 million for PhD cost ‘lies’ Most Grand Canyon University students on affected programmes had to pay as much as $12,000 (?10,000) more than advertised, says Department of Education By Chris Havergal 1 November
West Virginia’s Gee: university leaders ‘are driven by fear’ Most-travelled US university president says sector must make hard calls on priorities, but has too few willing to do so By Paul Basken 1 November
Sharing historic admissions grades ‘has unintended consequences’ Study says tools informing students which courses they are suited for can lead them to apply for those they are overqualified for By Patrick Jack 31 October
Canada toughens approach to international student exploitation Trudeau’s immigration minister accuses institutions of ignoring costs to students from abroad and demands a recalibration By Paul Basken 30 October
Room sharing with an international student ‘boosts grades’ US domestic students achieve better GPAs when cohabiting with someone from overseas, but study finds no effect on international students themselves By Patrick Jack 28 October
US enrolment picks up but first-year numbers drop Nation’s campuses see overall undergraduate enrolment gain for first time since Covid, only to lose new four-year entrants By Paul Basken 26 October
Is the Covid generation ready for college? With students who entered high school during the pandemic starting to apply for places, admissions officers feel ill equipped to judge their readiness By Liam Knox for Inside Higher Ed 25 October
Stop crediting us when we didn’t fund you, NIH tells researchers Leading supplier of basic research funding says scientists complicate its accountability systems by routinely attributing publications to it By Paul Basken 25 October
Journal defends firing editor for ‘detrimental’ Palestine post Michael Eisen removed as editor-in-chief of eLife after sharing article from satirical news website By Patrick Jack 24 October