Harvard president challenges Trump immigration crackdown Situation is ‘driving anxiety and fear on our campuses’, Lawrence Bacow warns top officials By Paul Basken 18 July
US universities must rein in fees to curb rise in Republican antagonism University of Alaska cuts are just the latest example of what is probably the new normal in US political culture, says Ben Trachtenberg By Ben Trachtenberg 18 July
Pearson turns page on textbooks in favour of ‘digital first’ US model Print versions of Pearson materials will still be available to rent, but students will be discouraged from buying them By Lindsay McKenzie for Inside Higher Ed 17 July
Alaska’s university cuts will darken its future The well-known economic and social benefits of higher education have been tossed aside for short-term political gain, says Steven Brint By Steven Brint 17 July
California sees profit in solely student-funded master’s degrees UC system looks to job-focused courses to ease budget woes, but critics see erosion of HE as public good By Paul Basken 15 July
Drastic Alaska cuts upheld, raising worries for US public HE State’s budget crisis seen as highlighting growing doubts about lawmakers’ confidence in the value of knowledge By Paul Basken 15 July
Fund US sector by performance, not ‘free college’, officials urge Widespread talk of free college may give way to tougher institutional measures, conference hears By Paul Basken 11 July
University of California defiant as Elsevier cuts journal access US’ top producer of research papers hopes stance will force major gains in open access By Paul Basken 11 July
Fired Chinese academics victims of US university ‘kangaroo court’ FBI views academic collaboration with Chinese institutions as ‘sharing with the enemy’, says attorney for sacked geneticists By Paul Basken 10 July
US university professor helps beat Trump on Twitter blocking Despite win, academic acknowledges critics of tactic of rapid-fire attacks on president By Paul Basken 10 July
Harvard fires fencing coach after admissions probe The coach, Peter Brand, had accepted high home purchase price from applicant’s father By Paul Basken 10 July
Academic conferences ‘lack protections against sexual harassment’ Only a quarter of biology conferences set rules on attendee behaviour and penalties for misconduct are even rarer, study finds By Paul Basken 8 July
