What’s in a name? Bias against female and minority applicants Identical CVs with different names on them sent to 250 academics in experiment Nick Mayo 6月 8日
Teaching Excellence Summit: ethics education ‘must accompany AI development’ Shigeru Miyagawa describes how artificial intelligence could transform teaching and assessment Paul Basken 6月 6日
Teaching Excellence Summit: try workplace before finishing degree, urges banker David McKay hopes AI might help universities select students with vital ‘soft skills’ Paul Basken 6月 6日
University leaders must be free to air views that challenge their communities The controversy over a Harvard dean’s defence of Harvey Weinstein is no reason to disregard the core academic mission, says Sandro Galea Sandro Galea 6月 6日
Teaching Excellence Summit: ex-president laments ‘resistance’ to education research Schedule reform refusal points to deeper problem, pioneer tells conference Paul Basken 6月 5日
Plan U: funders urged to mandate immediate preprint publication Shifting towards open access journals will only achieve so much when review and editing processes take so long, scientists say Rachael Pells 6月 5日
Business school secures science designation to bypass visa rules US university’s move means that its graduates are entitled to three years of post-study work, not one Anna McKie 6月 3日
US lawmakers seek balance in treatment of foreign scientists After crackdowns on campus, members of Congress move to coordinate policy for universities Paul Basken 6月 1日
Offensive student evaluations ‘leave academics in fear’ Universities need to give staff more support about how to deal with negative comments, say researchers Anna McKie 5月 31日
US university enrolment drops for eighth year Declines heaviest among small colleges, men, and states of Florida and Illinois Paul Basken 5月 30日
White House science chief leaves door ajar to open access mandate Asked by THE why taxpayers should not be able to immediately see the results of research they financed, Kelvin Droegemeier answered: ‘They maybe should’ Paul Basken 5月 30日
Are these the dying days of genuine liberal arts education? Consumerism, technology and the culture wars threaten to render critical thinking an unwanted skill, worries Victor Ferrall Victor E. Ferrall 5月 30日