US judge rejects protections that aid foreign-born students Court order has little immediate effect but has generated new Democrat vows to seek citizenship for child immigrants Paul Basken 7月 19日
US faculty pay drops for first time since Great Recession Pandemic drove down wages at two-thirds of institutions, AAUP annual survey finds Paul Basken 7月 19日
MIT digital learning dean quits as edX sale backlash grows Nobel laureate among professors vowing to move courses on to non-profit alternative platform after deal with 2U Paul Basken 7月 19日
Canada adds security checks to academic research grant bids Trudeau creates mandatory review ahead of grant awards, aligning nation closer to US in suspicion of China Paul Basken 7月 14日
Biden pares back student aid verification requirements Reduction in paperwork demands comes amid a series of administration initiatives to help low-income borrowers Paul Basken 7月 14日
Cornel West blasts Harvard’s ‘intellectual bankruptcy’ on way out Leaving after tenure dispute, celebrated black activist professor criticises leadership Paul Basken 7月 14日
Did mathematicians really need to stockpile famed Japanese chalk? Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk moves some scholars to near ecstasy but may have lost its rationale in the shift to digital education Matthew Reisz 7月 14日
After UNC tenure battle, bigger fights ahead for US colleges Hannah-Jones case points out pathway for wider trustee reform but may just embolden academia’s political enemies Paul Basken 7月 12日
Smaller US colleges try big fee cuts to tempt students back Institutions slashing sticker prices by as much as half Paul Basken 7月 12日
Standardised tests are the least bad university application metric The University of California’s decision to back away from the SAT and ACT will only further benefit privileged applicants, says Matt Larriva Matt Larriva 7月 10日
