Levels of cheating in online exams soaring, say invigilators One in 14 students who took tests monitored by ProctorU last year were caught breaking the rules By Tom Williams 26 April
US public increasingly supportive of taxpayer-funded degrees In hesitancies on student aid and loan forgiveness, Biden and allies may be missing major opinion shift, authors warn By Paul Basken 26 April
Students can play a key role in reaching the hardest to reach A core principle of the SDGs is to ‘leave no one behind’. Joseph Wong explains how a global alliance based at Toronto is empowering students to lead the charge By Joseph Wong 26 April
Journal concedes ‘Wall of Shame’ could cause ‘unjust’ harm Cureus founder says name-and-shame policy could cause hardship but is justified by threat to patient safety from fraud By Jack Grove 25 April
Biden turns to transgender rights in discrimination rules redraft As administration plans regulatory overhaul to bolster rights of abuse victims, gender identity demands greater attention By Paul Basken 25 April
Call for ‘sexual predator database’ to combat campus abuse Biggest analysis of sexual offenders employed by US universities says sector has been complacent on safeguarding By Jack Grove 22 April
Campus cafes play vital role in forging research collaborations Crowds in cafeterias help, but those in hallways do not, when it comes to breaking up scientific silos, MIT analysis finds By Paul Basken 22 April
For US tenure to survive, academics must take peer reviewing seriously Too many reviewers ignore their duty to independently review materials and instead rely on the candidate’s narrative, says Richard Utz By Richard Utz 22 April
Female authorship share in top medical journals fails to improve Study finds little ‘substantive’ change between 2002 and 2019 By Simon Baker 21 April
Can a new president navigate Florida’s political maelstrom? Long-time University of South Florida booster Rhea Law gets the presidency, leaving faculty to wonder if the moment is too much for anyone By Paul Basken 20 April
Top-tier US universities push for open science Presidents of 65 top-ranked institutions embark on joint quest to create shared research culture through tenure and promotion practices By Paul Basken 20 April
Audit says Laurentian’s devastating bankruptcy ‘intentional’ Institution promises overhaul amid calls for firings By Paul Basken 17 April