Tec de Monterrey splashes $100 million on top Western scholars Latin American leader aims to hire 100 elite faculty, drawing needed talent to developing world Paul Basken 6月 29日
US abortion ruling ‘another blow’ to women’s educational chances Estimated 180,000 students – mostly low-income women – face disruption to academic careers as states allowed to forbid female healthcare Paul Basken 6月 28日
US admissions scandal trial win tied to university complicity Sole courtroom victor in three years of prosecutions says jurors needed to hear that institutions went along, and then believe that nobody was hurt Paul Basken 6月 27日
Better public polling may help restore confidence in higher education While the results may be difficult to hear, they might provide some pointers on how universities can improve their image, says Zachary Michael Jack Zachary Michael Jack 6月 26日
Claws out: WorldCat sues Clarivate over plan for rival platform World’s biggest bibliographic database claims MetaDoor is ‘misappropriating’ its catalogue to drive it out of business Jack Grove 6月 25日
Biden redraws US campus sexual misconduct rules Administration moves to reverse Trump mandate for in-person hearings and expand protections to transgender students Paul Basken 6月 23日
US universities’ international student applications on the up Two-thirds of institutions responding to IIE survey report increase in interest Paul Basken 6月 23日
美国大学在助长不平等之气吗? 美国大学曾经被誉为促进社会流动的引擎,但现在却越来越被视为加剧社会和经济不公正的帮手。马修·赖斯(Matthew Reisz)采访了两位学者,他们的新书揭露了这个问题的严重程度并提供了可能的解决方案 Matthew Reisz 6月 23日
Inflation forces record drop in real-terms pay on US academics In bleak assessment, AAUP finds full-time wages up 2 per cent, but down 5 per cent after inflation, falling below recession levels Paul Basken 6月 22日
Biden nominates Arati Prabhakar as US chief science adviser Choice of former Darpa director to replace Lander affirms growing government-wide shift towards emphasising applied research Paul Basken 6月 22日
US mulls huge shift in research funding from excellence to equity Despite known risk, politicians from states with weak science records push dramatic expansion of affirmative-action-style set-asides for federal dollars Paul Basken 6月 22日