Campaigners hope for change as Liberty places Falwell on leave Scandal-driven ousting brings reflection to campus steeped in partisanship and power By Paul Basken 10 August
How expanding elite education could undermine the populists Oxbridge and the Ivy League might do well to act more like Starbucks, argues Harvard fellow Aviezer Tucker By Matthew Reisz 9 August
US scientists protest advanced computing focus for top grants National Science Foundation’s new emphasis in postgraduate funding seen as backsliding on diversity By Paul Basken 7 August
US college leaders aim to exude confidence as crises loom Campus presidents emphasise belief in enrolment growth in survey By Paul Basken 5 August
Major US research universities to share courses online Big Ten collaboration, while limited, reflects growing pressure to cut costs By Paul Basken 5 August
‘Catfish’ concerns over purported Covid death of ‘fake professor’ Scientists have expressed dismay that the reported death of a US scientist was apparently part of an elaborate hoax By Jack Grove 4 August
Arizona vows focus on quality in major online expansion Absorbing troubled online institution, university pledges $225 million investment By Paul Basken 4 August
US ‘faces minimum 30 per cent decline’ in international enrolment Uncertainty over whether on-campus tuition will be able to go ahead leaves commencing students in visa jeopardy By Ellie Bothwell 4 August
UNC staff warn students to stay away from campus Frustrated with their university’s plan for the autumn, which is slated to include full dorms, a group of professors has broken rank and sent an open letter to students By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 3 August
Should research really be part of the job description at liberal arts colleges? Teaching-focused institutions need to concentrate on the aspects of faculty research that contribute to the student experience, says Neil Clarke By Neil Clarke 30 July
Springer Nature ‘shares concerns’ as article sparks racism claims Publisher says investigation under way after academics call for retraction of ‘unscholarly’ paper by influential voice on US welfare reform By John Morgan 29 July
US colleges challenged over failure to pay sports stars fairly Pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests amplify pressure on multibillion-dollar sports programmes over levels of athlete remuneration By Paul Basken 29 July
