Major online players 2U and edX join forces in $800 million deal Deal will enable for-profit provider 2U to reach almost 40 million learners on edX By Simon Baker 29 June
Northeastern move for Mills meets big Silicon Valley demand While not complete or explained, Boston-Oakland partnership may ease major technology-university bottleneck By Paul Basken 29 June
Canada hopes industrial policy will fuel science spending Academic scientists, frustrated by years of lean budgets, again urged to value stimulating corporate innovation By Paul Basken 29 June
Post-Covid university management will be an exercise in give and take If leaders don’t proceed with openness and consideration towards nervous staff, it is students who will ultimately suffer, says Rachel Gallardo By Rachel Gallardo 29 June
US backing for university-led regional technology hubs ‘notable’ Calls to use US federal research spending in universities to boost heartland regions gain political traction By John Morgan 28 June
Better timetabling could free up campus parking spaces – study But modelling at US university would mean more classes being scheduled at 7am By Simon Baker 27 June
Robin DiAngelo: are universities hotbeds of ‘nice racism’? White Fragility author challenges institutions to live up to their proclaimed values By Matthew Reisz 26 June
Florida mandates political viewpoint survey in universities Students and faculty to be asked annually about their personal opinions, with public funding tied to answers By Paul Basken 25 June
Peer review before research tied to better science Registered reports model produces better outcomes on all 19 criteria covering novelty, rigour, and importance By Paul Basken 24 June
Who are you calling a pseudoscientist? Academics need to think far more carefully about how they define and police the boundaries between legitimate and illegitimate knowledge, argues Michael D. Gordin By Michael D. Gordin 24 June
Indiana University students sue over Covid vaccine rule Institution confident of legal victory, but political costs loom in conservative state By Paul Basken 23 June
Researchers ‘plot promotions using conference collusion rings’ Secret lists of preferred papers have been circulated prior to computer science meetings to help favoured scholars get ahead, says US professor By Jack Grove 23 June