Topic choice harms black scientists seeking US research funding Finding illuminates US health agency’s overall avoidance of human-centred research By Paul Basken 9 October
Academics ‘lose a week a year’ to formatting journal papers First analysis of economic cost of manuscript formatting highlights need for more flexibility from publishers, say authors By Jack Grove 9 October
Jail threat for education officials over student debt collection Trump administration defied court order to protect former for-profit students By Paul Basken 8 October
Academics ‘exaggerate achievements’ on CVs Researchers examined a sample of CVs and found that scholarly dishonesty extends to job applications By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 8 October
School student’s physics paper retracted over ‘self-plagiarism’ Senior co-author says he ‘forgot’ to add reference to overlapping paper By Simon Baker 8 October
Staff and students protest Mississippi chancellor choice Flagship campus to be led by educator who advised on hiring and previously worked in schools with segregationist past By Paul Basken 7 October
Student fees and funding ‘key battleground’ in Canadian election Main political parties take different approaches to improving affordability of higher education By Ellie Bothwell 7 October
Financial Sustainability Forum: academics ‘reluctant to help save money’ Funding challenges need cooperative spirit among educators, finance officers say By Paul Basken 4 October
Harvard’s admissions victory likely to offer short-lived relief Ivy League icon praised for defending race-based admissions, but faulted for actual record By Paul Basken 4 October
Revealed: how sleeping patterns shape student performance US study reveals that it’s not just a matter of how much sleep learners get – when they go to bed matters, too By Matthew Reisz 3 October
Focusing on the needs of black students Historically black colleges and universities in the US have never had the funding or the prestige enjoyed by many other institutions. Yet, argue Marybeth Gasman and Thai-Huy Nguyen, they may have much to teach us all about diversity By Marybeth Gasman 3 October
Clear data from devices before travelling, academics told Rising instances of warrantless searches at borders have ‘serious implications for academic freedom and research confidentiality’, says union head By Ellie Bothwell 2 October
