Dwight McBride: fighting racism in academia The president of The New School in New York says universities are often underprepared for their first black leader By Rosa Ellis 8 February
$350 billion science legislation advances in US Measure to expand NSF and retain foreign scholars with scientific expertise faces showdown over Senate’s even tougher approach to China By Paul Basken 7 February
Debate as California State bans caste discrimination Amid support for policy shift, some professors question why South Asians are being singled out By Maria Carrasco for Inside Higher Ed 7 February
Bibliographic quarantine is blurring our understanding of secularism Inhaling one another’s insights could help scholars assuage public confusion about this crucial but confusing concept, says Jacques Berlinerblau By Jacques Berlinerblau 6 February
Journals to reward peer reviewers with publishing discounts PeerJ will give contributors ‘tokens’ to be redeemed against article processing charges By Chris Havergal 4 February
For-profit college conversions get new scrutiny in US Top congressional Democrat urges Biden to reverse Keiser University’s decade-old conversion to non-profit status By Paul Basken 4 February
US science prizes overlooking Asian researchers Professor counts Asian Americans as winning 3 per cent of nation’s major biomedical prizes, prompting promises to do better By Paul Basken 3 February
Racial critique of Supreme Court pick imperils Georgetown posting Conservative’s appointment as constitutional studies chief derailed over demeaning Biden plan for black female Supreme Court nominee By Paul Basken 2 February
Bomb threats swamp US’ black-serving colleges Nearly 20 HBCUs get phoned-in threats at start of Black History Month, bringing lockdowns, remote classes and vows of resilience By Paul Basken 2 February
Santa Ono: tackling the mental health crisis The University of British Columbia president discusses reforming counselling provision, the importance of data and his own mental health struggles By Rosa Ellis 1 February
Florida partisanship threatens presidential searches As leadership vacancies rise in factious state, lawmakers push measure that academics fear will add dangerous secrecy to process of filling them By Paul Basken 28 January
US Hispanics rising through higher education Assessments of institutions that give biggest boost to low-income students show Hispanic graduates and California publics topping their lists By Paul Basken 27 January
