US endowment tax ‘could hit 80 universities by 2031’ Economics scholar estimates impact of new excise tax on university endowments By Ellie Bothwell 12 January
Students ‘more likely to go to female lecturers for favours’ Special requests divert women from more productive activities, study warns By Sophie Inge 12 January
California’s community colleges: university gateway, economic engine Chancellor of world’s biggest higher education system sees Trump immigration plan as ‘antithesis’ of American values By John Morgan 11 January
Historians urge PhD students to look beyond academic careers American Historical Association emphasises transferable skills and collaborative research By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 8 January
US proposals ‘could shut poorest students out of universities’ New higher education bill would increase cost of university and likelihood of scams, say experts By Ellie Bothwell 8 January
Global university collaboration is key to fighting nationalism Universities have a big role to play in counteracting the nationalist sentiment emerging around the world, Amit Chakma says ahead of 2018 Asia Universities Summit By Amit Chakma 6 January
The 2018 global Academic Reputation Survey: why you should take part Phil Baty on how THE's annual reputation survey informs its World University Rankings By Phil Baty 4 January
Calestous Juma, 1953-2017 Career of prolific technology and development expert took him from Nairobi to Harvard By Matthew Reisz 4 January
Patrick Awuah: putting ethics at the heart of African higher education The Ghanaian university president on medieval poetry, good leadership and Goethe By Ellie Bothwell 4 January
Canadian university exonerates student in academic freedom row Wilfrid Laurier University admits it mishandled incident in which teaching assistant was accused of creating a ‘toxic’ environment By Ellie Bothwell 3 January
Academics report harassment at political science conference Eleven per cent of women and 3 per cent of men report inappropriate sexual advances or touching at American Political Science Association meeting By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 2 January
Women ‘more likely to be pressured to add authors’ to papers Junior researchers also more likely to feel they have to give credit to colleagues who made minimal contributions By Rachael Pells 2 January
