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Deal will enable for-profit provider 2U to reach almost 40 million learners on edX 

While not complete or explained, Boston-Oakland partnership may ease major technology-university bottleneck

Academic scientists, frustrated by years of lean budgets, again urged to value stimulating corporate innovation

If leaders don’t proceed with openness and consideration towards nervous staff, it is students who will ultimately suffer, says Rachel Gallardo

Calls to use US federal research spending in universities to boost heartland regions gain political traction

But modelling at US university would mean more classes being scheduled at 7am

White Fragility author challenges institutions to live up to their proclaimed values

Students and faculty to be asked annually about their personal opinions, with public funding tied to answers

Registered reports model produces better outcomes on all 19 criteria covering novelty, rigour, and importance

Academics need to think far more carefully about how they define and police the boundaries between legitimate and illegitimate knowledge, argues Michael D. Gordin

Institution confident of legal victory, but political costs loom in conservative state

Secret lists of preferred papers have been circulated prior to computer science meetings to help favoured scholars get ahead, says US professor