Francis Collins: science’s great survivor – and cheerleader Despite reservations over staying on in Trump administration, National Institutes of Health director is glad he did Paul Basken 8月 13日
US campuses report surge in student mental health woes Four out of five presidents in survey describe escalation in recent years Paul Basken 8月 12日
California academics quit Elsevier journals in open access row Resignations follow loss of access to company’s titles Paul Basken 8月 10日
Turn away from tenure’s dark side A significant minority of tenured faculty spend their lives undermining others when they could be working for progressive change, argues Douglas Dowland Douglas Dowland 8月 8日
Dartmouth to pay $14 million in sexual assault case Three professors accused by nine women of using academic powers to press for sex Paul Basken 8月 8日
Women participate less in bigger science classes, study finds Universities urged to reconsider use of large introductory lectures Anna McKie 8月 7日
Journal’s plan to review preprints aims to kill ‘desk rejects’ eLife editor says radical shift would help readers judge the real value of research, not just where it is published Nick Mayo 8月 6日
Half of papers describing psychiatry trials ‘spin results’ Overstating the value of an intervention could put patients at risk, say researchers Chris Havergal 8月 6日
Make states match federal investment, says US campus head States have rolled back funding as Washington has stepped in – and this must stop, says Louisiana State president Paul Basken 8月 6日
Foreign graduates deterred from joining US technology start-ups PhD leavers from overseas seek new companies, but can’t accept visa risks Paul Basken 8月 6日
Canada sets new equity targets for premier science grants Updated settlement ties racial and gender distribution to national shares of population Paul Basken 8月 5日
Baltimore universities struggle to help as Trump attacks city Decades of racial division hindering academia’s ability to alleviate poverty Paul Basken 8月 5日