LGBTQ presidents ‘finding their voice’, says long-serving campus leader Just 20 years after their very existence was uncertain, LGBTQ campus leaders now writing the book on how to learn from their personal schools of hard knocks By Paul Basken 2 August
Companies lobby US Supreme Court to keep affirmative action As loss in Harvard and UNC cases seems likely, dozens of top corporations argue in filings that they do better with diverse workforces By Paul Basken 1 August
US Supreme Court Justice quits teaching role after protests Judicial leader of campaign to end abortion rights abandons constitutional law seminar at George Washington University By Paul Basken 28 July
Nature and University of California expand open-access pact California continues trailblazing push with major publishers but sees fundamental cost problem still unresolved By Paul Basken 27 July
Biden sets new limits on for-profit colleges Administration nears completion of regulatory overhaul with new rules on student aid, non-profit conversions and prison recruiting By Paul Basken 27 July
US suspends Fulbright-Hays foreign-language penalty Answering lawsuit, Biden administration agrees – for now – that native speakers can get full credit for foreign language mastery By Paul Basken 27 July
Canada’s universities tackle false claims of Indigenous identities Difficulties defining who has indigenous heritage complicates efforts to stop some profiting from made-up affiliations By Paul Basken 26 July
Top universities face losing billions as legal case gains traction Prospect of huge payout grows as Biden administration backs student claim that elite campuses colluded to hold down financial aid By Paul Basken 25 July
Here are three quick fixes that would mitigate precarity Giving adjuncts biweekly payments, internal status for permanent vacancies and tenure on promotion would all help, say Lisa Carver and Samantha King By Lisa Carver 25 July
Science inequity rooted in ‘moralised’ worship of ‘hard work’ Decade-long study of scientists’ output and attitudes produces book on why structural tactics to tackle gender and race inequalities fail By Paul Basken 22 July
Reproducibility in psychology ‘hinges on author role in replication’ Successful replication efforts heavily tied to whether original research team allowed a role, finds study of contentious psychology field By Paul Basken 20 July
US sector ‘would take 70 years’ to reach diversity goals Decades or centuries needed if progress continues at its current pace, consultancy firm concludes By Paul Basken 18 July
