‘Free college’ movement builds ahead of 2020 US presidential poll Even if tuition-free or ‘debt-free’ higher education cannot be achieved at national level, local reforms are having a big impact Paul Basken 12月 20日
There is nothing impersonal about online learning The residential experience has its attractions for school-leavers, but most US students value low cost and flexibility above all, says Paul LeBlanc Paul LeBlanc 12月 20日
Academic researchers are not statistical Bond villains The Canadian government’s excessive policing of privacy makes it intolerably onerous to access its datasets, says Karen Robson Karen Robson 12月 20日
Indigenous academic leaders in Canada ‘need allies’ on top team Latest Indigenous scholar to leave post urges universities to focus on student support, not ‘tokenistic’ senior positions Ellie Bothwell 12月 19日
US researchers see EU privacy rules as brake on collaboration New European rule on protecting data from human research subjects being found so complicated as to slow medical science Paul Basken 12月 15日
Study debunks link between student ‘grit’ and retention Study raises doubts over value of ‘character education’ in universities Jack Grove 12月 15日
University of California in subscription showdown with Elsevier System urges researchers to consider boycotting academic publisher as negotiations go to the wire Paul Basken 12月 14日
US universities challenge government warnings on China After US government officials escalate warnings against Chinese espionage, university presidents challenge idea that it’s a major campus activity Paul Basken 12月 14日
Create ‘rebuttal’ unit to counteract fake news, scientists told Paper calls for scientific organisations to monitor platforms ‘known to spread false and misleading’ information about research and ‘respond quickly’ Ellie Bothwell 12月 12日
Half of US scientists drop out of academia within five years Study based on fields of astronomy, ecology and robotics suggests huge drop in duration of scholarly careers Paul Basken 12月 11日
Porn star talk exposes role of funding in free speech debate Managers’ first reaction is usually to ‘look at the bottom line’, but ‘they’re just usually not as crass and as crude as this’ Jon Marcus 12月 10日
Warning over impact of Indigenous discrimination case in Canada Legal battle between aboriginal former dean and university could halt institutions’ progress on indigenisation, scholars say Ellie Bothwell 12月 10日
