What is a highly cited paper worth? About £10,000 a year Publishing a well-received paper could boost a scholar’s income by $13,500, says US study By Jack Grove 20 July
US judge rejects protections that aid foreign-born students Court order has little immediate effect but has generated new Democrat vows to seek citizenship for child immigrants By Paul Basken 19 July
US faculty pay drops for first time since Great Recession Pandemic drove down wages at two-thirds of institutions, AAUP annual survey finds By Paul Basken 19 July
MIT digital learning dean quits as edX sale backlash grows Nobel laureate among professors vowing to move courses on to non-profit alternative platform after deal with 2U By Paul Basken 19 July
Limited anti-Asian bias found in US admissions data Georgetown analysis, testing argument of Harvard opponents, sees little ethnic gain from SAT-only metric By Paul Basken 15 July
Canada adds security checks to academic research grant bids Trudeau creates mandatory review ahead of grant awards, aligning nation closer to US in suspicion of China By Paul Basken 14 July
Biden pares back student aid verification requirements Reduction in paperwork demands comes amid a series of administration initiatives to help low-income borrowers By Paul Basken 14 July
Cornel West blasts Harvard’s ‘intellectual bankruptcy’ on way out Leaving after tenure dispute, celebrated black activist professor criticises leadership By Paul Basken 14 July
Did mathematicians really need to stockpile famed Japanese chalk? Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk moves some scholars to near ecstasy but may have lost its rationale in the shift to digital education By Matthew Reisz 14 July
After UNC tenure battle, bigger fights ahead for US colleges Hannah-Jones case points out pathway for wider trustee reform but may just embolden academia’s political enemies By Paul Basken 12 July
Smaller US colleges try big fee cuts to tempt students back Institutions slashing sticker prices by as much as half By Paul Basken 12 July
Standardised tests are the least bad university application metric The University of California’s decision to back away from the SAT and ACT will only further benefit privileged applicants, says Matt Larriva By Matt Larriva 10 July
