North America

New study of US-China co-authored papers suggests US output would have declined if collaborations were discounted

New chair of main higher education grouping promises to resist complacency

Bureau admits using paperwork flaws to drive evictions, without clear line on open science

US’ biggest four-year university system reduces barriers for struggling entrants

Esther Duflo aims to secure hearing for ‘ideologically diverse’ discipline in era of Brexit and Trump, hoping it becomes less ‘macho’

Study says that universities need to ‘step up’ to continue progress made by funding agencies and journals

Project hopes to better value research by allowing outside world to see how surprising research findings are to experts in field

Revolt by four-year campuses in US shows challenge of expanding federal role

一位教授说，大学未能捍卫其参与国际社会活动的正当权利，因而被卷入公众反全球化的泥沼中。

International students have long been central to American research, innovation and knowledge exchange. Yet today a combination of changing legislation, regulation and attitudes is excluding many and creating a hostile environment for many more, while increasing the administrative burden on universities. Here, three experts consider the costs

Researcher says experiment demonstrates that students mistake benefits of technology for increase in ‘internal ability’ to solve problems 

The Yale Law School professor discusses the ‘sham’ of meritocracy, the damage the idea causes and why elite universities are part of the problem