North America

Matching murals mark new academic link between Cuban and Arkansan universities

Racist protests have been growing in visibility on campuses over the past year

Paper highlights possible negative impact of performance-related funding and for-profit universities on widening participation  

Phil Baty has the latest on the publication of the 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which will be launched in London in September

Nature Index examines how research articles are cited in third-party patents  

Study finds that students who witness lecturers misbehaving are more likely to display incivility in lectures or seminars

Neurobiologist questions whether academia has reached ‘peak sting’ in its battle with predatory journals

We discuss the challenges facing early career researchers, parenthood and tearful graduations with the award-winning University of Massachusetts Amherst geoscientist

Academics just keep on finding new ways of exploring the phenomenon of the US president

Threat to sue universities with policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants ‘deeply disturbing’

Recent cases at universities of Mississippi and Southern California raise question of 'moral turpitude'

Claims that outsourcing in higher education improves efficiency are not proven, says analysis