The career cost of resisting political pressure is not as high as leaders fear Most presidents don’t get fired, and those who do typically go on to rewarding new positions, says Holden Thorp Holden Thorp 3月 30日
Canadian Nobelist wages war on science disinformation Trailblazing physicist Donna Strickland hopes new institute will tackle waning public trust in science Paul Basken 3月 29日
US community colleges regain enrolment Covid recovery at two-year campuses tied to gains among older students and high school dual programmes, but challenges still await Paul Basken 3月 29日
Temple’s first black president quits Jason Wingard agrees to leave after less than two years in charge Paul Basken 3月 29日
Idaho president finds bigger job under partisan fire As fierce partisanship silences US academics, a fired leader gets an even bigger job that rewards his resistance Paul Basken 3月 29日
Universities ‘afraid to get blacklisted’ by funders avoid China collaborations US administrators wary of losing millions in government funding over risky China ties, scholars say Pola Lem 3月 28日
Anthony Fauci’s vilification ‘deterring potential NIH leaders’ Hate campaign directed towards America’s chief pandemic scientist makes it harder to find permanent leader for world’s biggest research funder Paul Basken 3月 28日
Talking leadership: Michael S. Roth on handling campus conflict President of ‘leftist hotbed’ Wesleyan University reflects on run-ins with students and controversial efforts to increase intellectual diversity Jack Grove 3月 27日
2U’s edtech ethics submission criticised Executives at private course supply giant provided testimonials to government in their roles as former students Paul Basken 3月 23日
Texas campus bans drag show Amid nationwide campaign to restrict LGBTQ rights, head of public institution forbids fundraiser on grounds that drag is ‘misogyny’ Paul Basken 3月 22日
Johns Hopkins Covid dashboard: a PhD project viewed 2.5 billion times Ability of a university to work in flexible, interdisciplinary fashion meant Hopkins researchers could ‘fill gap’ between WHO and governments Patrick Jack 3月 22日
‘Test case’ Pennsylvania plans university funding overhaul All eyes turn to large and poorly funded state system as it considers further cutbacks, providing clues as to how the US will tackle demographic changes Paul Basken 3月 21日
