US textbook publisher merger collapses, pleasing colleges McGraw-Hill and Cengage abandon union after government demands heavy culling By Paul Basken 5 May
US student voter turnout getting boost from universities With presidential elections looming, institutions are finding success from incorporating voter aid into campus operations By Paul Basken 5 May
Tie public funding to inclusive admissions, says hybrid university head Universities should also stop ‘stealing’ money allocated for education to undertake research, according to Minerva founder By Ellie Bothwell 5 May
University leader to podcast host: when a virus expert goes viral Weekly broadcast from University of Toronto vice-president has captured the attention of thousands By Ellie Bothwell 5 May
Harvard details Epstein's extensive post-conviction perks After sex crime conviction, elite university gave financier-donor his own office By Paul Basken 4 May
Virus politics raising public pressure on US scientists Stanford doctor warns extreme partisanship may taint future research By Paul Basken 4 May
Stressed US colleges face rising demand for tuition cuts Lawyers hired by students reject institutional pleas of financial duress By Paul Basken 4 May
Journals sharing peer reviewers to speed virus research Publisher coalition also embracing assessments through preprint formats By Paul Basken 2 May
Nobelist calls for £1 billion Covid-19 research prize Financial incentives for developing new mass-testing methods would be more effective than coordinating research centrally, says economist Paul Romer By Jack Grove 1 May
Covid response ‘could expose US colleges to antitrust laws’ Lawyer warns over alleged meeting between institutions on foreign students By Paul Basken 30 April
Books interview: Helen Jefferson Lenskyj The author of The Olympic Games: A Critical Approach discusses seeing sport through ‘a feminist, anti-racist lens’, anti-doping efforts and Outback Noir By Matthew Reisz 27 April
What might Covid-19 mean for the future of Harvard and Stanford? Educational economist Miguel Urquiola tells Matthew Reisz about the upsides of inequality and the dangers of ‘unbundling’ By Matthew Reisz 26 April