US universities anticipating major leadership turnover post-Covid Easing of pandemic a moment for many campus presidents to take a break and others to be pushed out By Paul Basken 21 July
Liberty after Falwell ‘struggling with diversity’ A model for conservative politics in US 中国A片, Virginia campus seen as reverting to intolerance By Paul Basken 20 July
What is a highly cited paper worth? About ?10,000 a?year Publishing a well-received paper could boost a scholar’s income by $13,500, says US study By Jack Grove 20 July
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 By Paul Basken 19 July
US faculty pay drops for first time since Great Recession Pandemic drove down wages at two-thirds of institutions, AAUP annual survey finds By Paul Basken 19 July
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 By Paul Basken 19 July
Limited anti-Asian bias found in US admissions data Georgetown analysis, testing argument of Harvard opponents, sees little ethnic gain from SAT-only metric By Paul Basken 15 July
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 By Paul Basken 14 July
Biden pares back student aid verification requirements Reduction in paperwork demands comes amid a series of administration initiatives to help low-income borrowers By Paul Basken 14 July
Cornel West blasts Harvard’s ‘intellectual bankruptcy’ on way out Leaving after tenure dispute, celebrated black activist professor criticises leadership By Paul Basken 14 July
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 By Matthew Reisz 14 July
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 By Paul Basken 12 July
