Michigan reaches $490 million sex abuse settlement Agreement covers more than 1,000 victims over four decades of campus doctor, just days after university president fired for employee relationship Paul Basken 1月 19日
Pennsylvania moves against Amy Wax over racism complaints After years of escalating protests, controversial law professor to face disciplinary process at Ivy League institution Paul Basken 1月 19日
US sees science role as collaborative hub as China rivalry grows In biennial assessment, NSF analysts admit US still losing ground on many metrics but remaining most likely common partner for breakthroughs Paul Basken 1月 18日
‘No major harm’ to learning from double-speed lecture viewing Watching online lectures at faster speeds does not significantly impede understanding and may allow students more time to revise, say researchers Jack Grove 1月 18日
Meric Gertler: building global links The University of Toronto president has ‘doubled down on internationalising’ while remaining rooted in the Canadian metropolis for almost four decades Rosa Ellis 1月 18日
Professor who called students ‘vectors of disease’ suspended Soon-to-retire septuagenarian tells students to keep their distance amid Covid-19 surge, saying he ‘couldn’t give a flying fuck any longer’ Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 1月 17日
Michigan president Mark Schlissel fired over employee ‘affair’ Anonymous complaint produces evidence of long-running relationship with employee; former president Coleman to temporarily lead institution Paul Basken 1月 17日
US set to drop charges against MIT’s Chen on China research funds Following conviction of Harvard’s Lieber, expected clearing of fellow Cambridge nanotechnology expert fits with broader failures of Trump-led academic prosecutions Paul Basken 1月 17日
Canada joining the rush to create a?Darpa Trudeau government set to fulfil campaign promise for version of legendary US innovation agency, amid mixed expert assessment of its wisdom Paul Basken 1月 17日
Slogans are no substitute for concrete university policies and programmes Marketing claims are often empty, unaccompanied by comprehensive policies, plans, timetables or evaluation criteria, says Harvey Graff Harvey J. Graff 1月 17日
Dartmouth extends need-blind admissions to international students Pledges of $90 million help Ivy League campus join small club depleted in recent years by financial stress and prioritisation of domestic applicants Paul Basken 1月 14日
