US military failing to shift funding to minority universities Pentagon fell short on promises to help HBCUs compete for research grants, though institutions see new motivation from foreign tensions By Paul Basken 6 May
Are corporate interests taking over US higher education? Just as campaigns to promote societal benefit show strength, activists admit setbacks in wider battleground for basic academic freedom By Paul Basken 5 May
End of affirmative action badly hit medical student diversity Minority public medical school enrolment seen down by more than third in five years in US states that banned racial considerations in admissions By Paul Basken 4 May
China crackdown ‘hit US scientists’ research quality’ US project leaders with history of China collaboration ‘saw dent to citations’ By Simon Baker 4 May
US government let Facebook take personal student data Education Department admits data-diverting code in federal aid website, toughening politics for institutional performance monitoring By Paul Basken 3 May
What Ukraine can teach US colleges about democracy Higher education is key to reassessing who we are as a nation and why we’re tolerating such extreme division and deception, says Vincent Rougeau By Vincent Rougeau 2 May
Humanities’ share of US postgraduate degrees slumps to new low Population declines and employment shifts key factors, but universities also seen ignoring non-teaching career pathways By Paul Basken 29 April
US universities used recruitment tool ‘to target white students’ Naviance, available to nearly half of nation’s high school students, admits years of Caucasian filtering for campuses building candidate lists By Paul Basken 27 April
Ryerson becoming Toronto Metropolitan University Canadian campus aims to trade reminder of indigenous abuses with branding that signals modern sophistication By Paul Basken 27 April
Harvard pledges $100 million in slavery redress Three-year review details racism permeating history of top US institution, but some raise concern at too meagre a response By Paul Basken 27 April
Innovation Summit: Los Angeles universities help city on sustainability University data expertise essential to ‘capacity building’ for city government on issues ranging from air quality to localising UN sustainability goals, THE summit hears By John Morgan 27 April
Levels of cheating in online exams soaring, say invigilators One in 14 students who took tests monitored by ProctorU last year were caught breaking the rules By Tom Williams 26 April
