Concerns grow alongside popularity of income-based student loans Advocacy groups worried by entry of high-cost private lenders to market Paul Basken 3月 27日
US Education Department begins admissions scandal probe Initial federal letter asks eight US universities for details on implicated staff and students Paul Basken 3月 26日
Duke to pay $113 million in record research fraud case University said to have known of problems with lab technician’s faked data for several years Paul Basken 3月 26日
Canadian budget offers little extra for science Despite thin pickings this time around, Trudeau’s Liberals have probably done enough to win the science vote in October’s election, says Creso Sá Creso Sá 3月 25日
Academic mental health in US spotlight after senior suicides Stronger attention to student mental health appears to overlook need among teachers Paul Basken 3月 25日
Harvard case stands to gain from US admissions scandal Lessons from wealthy bribes may help counter legal and political threats to affirmative action Paul Basken 3月 24日
Trump issues free speech order, without power to compel Edict reveals limited levers available to US president Paul Basken 3月 22日
Universities challenged over Asian Americans’ workplace struggles Leadership barriers facing graduates suggest need for change, including in university curricula Paul Basken 3月 22日
US admissions scandal: hiding your privilege is an unacceptable privilege Elite US universities’ history of acknowledging hereditary advantage at least came with a sense of social obligation, says Amanda Louise Johnson Amanda Louise Johnson 3月 22日
End use of ‘statistical significance’ in results, scholars urge Editorial in journal special issue says ‘arbitrary’ p-value threshold for analysing results has become ‘meaningless’ Simon Baker 3月 21日
The ‘privileged poor’: universities are far from all inclusive Anthony Abraham Jack’s new book distinguishes two kinds of under-represented students and sets out what universities need to do if they truly want to recruit the most disadvantaged students. Matthew Reisz writes Matthew Reisz 3月 21日
From access to genuine inclusion on US campuses Matthew Reisz considers the work of researchers who have shed light on the ‘invisibility’ of social class in US universities Matthew Reisz 3月 21日
