Petition urges reinstatement of ousted art school president Aoife Mac Namara dismissed by Nova Scotia College of Art after less than a year in charge Paul Basken 6月 29日
MIT seeks to speed up pandemic research with AI-aided journal Berkeley-directed outlet plans open peer reviews and cross-discipline focus Paul Basken 6月 29日
Princeton’s removal of Wilson name boosts hopes of racial redress Renaming policy school and college raises pressure across US higher education Paul Basken 6月 29日
Ex-ERC head loses paper over image duplication Science Advances article on diabetes drug co-authored by Mauro Ferrari retracted after readers spot irregularities Jack Grove 6月 27日
California set to renew affirmative action in admissions Lawmakers approve referendum on reversing 1996 ban, although with tempered expectations Paul Basken 6月 26日
Under compulsion: why college athletes and graduate students are like prisoners Erin Hatton draws on an ‘odious comparison’ to illuminate the extraordinary powers coaches and supervisors can wield over their students Erin Hatton 6月 25日
Trump puts new hiring limits on foreign staff and graduates Order frustrates US colleges but spares key training programme Paul Basken 6月 23日
Investors, not students, should bear the vast upfront costs of US tuition Selling income-contingent stakes in the future earnings of graduates is the best way to address the student debt crisis, says Paul Oslington Paul Oslington 6月 23日
US colleges welcome Supreme Court rejection of Trump bid to end Daca Upholding of immigration protections, after challenge led by University of California, means legal relief for about 200,000 students Paul Basken 6月 18日
Howard president: anti-racism protests ‘give us a voice’ Leader of US’ most prominent historically black university says proper funding of such institutions will improve diversity in academia Ellie Bothwell 6月 17日
University of California in open access deal with Springer Nature Landmark US agreement is hailed as ‘significant milestone’ in shift to open access publishing in North America Jack Grove 6月 16日
More US universities end use of standardised tests in admissions Caltech suspends requirement for two years while University of Washington commits to long-term shift in entry criteria Ellie Bothwell 6月 16日
