North American universities to share sexual harassment findings Pledge by leaders of AAU campuses designed to prevent abusers from repeating behaviour by moving between institutions By Paul Basken 27 October
Identifying reviewers weakens peer review, study suggests Male reviewers more than twice as likely as females to voluntarily identify themselves, and signed reviews substantially less critical of authors, analysis finds By Paul Basken 27 October
Leadership & Management Summit: Native Americans ‘excluded’ from BLM response Movement highlights need for indigenous ‘restoration’, THE summit hears By Rosa Ellis 26 October
Leadership & Management Summit: Alberta plots rebound after huge budget cuts University of Alberta president credits data and demographics for revival By Paul Basken 26 October
Enrolment falls again at US campuses Community colleges and small private institutions call for more government aid as undergraduate numbers shrink another 3 per cent By Paul Basken 26 October
Biden struggles to force vaccine mandates on campuses Universities see ambiguity in executive order tied to federal contracts, with few changing positions over it By Paul Basken 26 October
Student voters ‘victims of extensive gerrymandering’ in US In data timed to the nation’s post-census redrawing of district lines, Tufts researchers offer legal grounds to challenge conservative tactics By Paul Basken 22 October
Universities keep quiet as Biden retreats from free college plan Four-year institutions long preferred to emphasise Pell Grant rather than work with community colleges to aid two-year transfers By Paul Basken 22 October
‘Time to get real’ on US science diversity efforts As White House and National Academies plan studies, Howard Hughes Medical Institute acts to boost minority researchers By Paul Basken 22 October
US universities should get ahead of student athletes’ rights revolution As another legal ruling cements the concept of student athletes as employees, institutions need to react, say Harry Johnson and Nicole Buffalano By Harry I. Johnson, III 22 October
Emerging Economies Summit: Online learning platforms ‘may become graduate talent brokers’ Corporations increasingly keen on hiring learners straight from online learning platforms, edX business head claims By Jack Grove 19 October
North Carolina admissions lawsuit win upholds affirmative action Federal court decision continues series of losses for conservative activist group By Paul Basken 19 October