US debate on standardised tests at post-Covid crossroads Campuses appear to be keeping their pandemic-era test-optional policies, but hesitate to distance themselves even further Paul Basken 11月 6日
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 Mona Sloane 11月 4日
Postdocs undervalued as PhD mentors They need the money and graduate students identify with them, but universities don’t formalise the link, analysts warn Paul Basken 11月 3日
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 Paul Basken 11月 2日
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 Chris Havergal 11月 1日
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 Paul Basken 11月 1日
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 Patrick Jack 10月 31日
Canada toughens approach to international student exploitation Trudeau’s immigration minister accuses institutions of ignoring costs to students from abroad and demands a recalibration Paul Basken 10月 30日
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 Patrick Jack 10月 28日
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 Paul Basken 10月 26日
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 Liam Knox for Inside Higher Ed 10月 25日
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 Paul Basken 10月 25日