Harvard’s postgraduate union move increases pressure on US elite Ivy League university wins praise for formally recognising trade union created by graduate students who teach Jack Grove 5月 4日
Mexico’s brain drain leaves universities struggling to fill research posts Drug-related crime, rising unemployment and low salaries are all contributing to a postgraduate shortage that indicates an uncertain future for Mexico’s higher education system, finds Rachael Pells Rachael Pells 5月 3日
Nationalist style politics will trigger a new wave of international mobility Looking at past trends, Rahul Choudaha predicts the motivations and expectations of the next wave of global students Rahul Choudaha 5月 2日
University of Alberta defends controversial honorary degree Canadian institution comes under fire over decision to hand award to David Suzuki, a critic of province’s energy industry Ellie Bothwell 5月 1日
US university revokes scholarships after going over budget Fears over international impact of UT Tyler’s decision, with Nepalese applicants hardest hit Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 4月 30日
Social media ‘fair game’ in admissions process But survey finds less than a third of colleges actually look at social media profiles when making admissions decisions Ellie Bothwell 4月 25日
New research partnership model devised after Facebook scandal Academics establish deal with social network that will allow ‘insider’ scholars to filter data given to researchers Ellie Bothwell 4月 25日
US student enrolment growth to ‘decline over next decade’ But government data predict that share of black and ethnic minority students on campuses will rise Ellie Bothwell 4月 24日
Students must lead the fight for fewer guns on US campuses It’s time for students to step in and end the political stalemate on stopping gun violence on university campuses, says Sarah Kenny Sarah Kenny 4月 24日
Black students ‘do better’ at historically black colleges in US Study reveals success of historically black universities when students’ backgrounds are taken into account Ellie Bothwell 4月 17日
Move over, Mediterranean: liberal arts course turns to Harlem Reed College responds to student complaints that its flagship module was too white, too male and too Eurocentric Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 4月 16日
Tweet to gain citations – and include ‘charismatic animals’ Researchers who actively push their papers on social media gain more citations, study finds Rachael Pells 4月 14日