Cornel West quits Harvard after failing to win tenure Leading black intellectual and activist returns to Columbia-affiliated seminary By Paul Basken 9 March
UCLA gets blowback for pursuit of minority-serving label Wayne State president calls major research institution inappropriate destination for Hispanic-focused funding By Paul Basken 9 March
US accrediting agency rejected as wider battles lie ahead Demise of ACICS, favoured by for-profits, still leaves larger problem of venue shopping By Paul Basken 8 March
Conference suspends Google sponsorship after ethics experts* exit Departures of Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell has prompted academics to ask if they should reconsider links with the technology giant By David Matthews 8 March
Let*s downgrade US college sports and invest in student health The brutal cost-cutting demanded by Covid-19 may finally see intercollegiate athletics cut down to size, says Bruce Svare By Bruce B. Svare 7 March
How homeschooling, a plumber and the pandemic made me a better teacher My plumber made me realise that being just a &professional and efficient* teacher wouldn*t cut it during this time of transition, says Peter Vanberkel By Peter Vanberkel 6 March
Philosopher Martha Nussbaum wins 2021 Holberg Prize Committee praises commitment to &making a real and lasting difference* as well as &unquestionable academic eminence* By Matthew Reisz 5 March
Canadian Nobelists warn country over innovation malaise Top scientists say Canada must provide more fulfilling careers for its science graduates By Paul Basken 5 March
MIT Press to publish monographs open access from?2022 Historic in-house press at Massachusetts Institute of Technology asking libraries for participant fee to enable titles to become publicly available By Jack Grove 5 March
Alumni-led boards &key to US universities* strength* Researcher argues that universities worldwide should adopt model after finding correlation between alumni governance and ranking position and endowment size By Ellie Bothwell 3 March
International students &more likely to choose US* under Biden Survey finds that country has become more attractive to prospective overseas students since presidential election By Ellie Bothwell 2 March
NIH director &truly sorry* for &structural racism* in funding Health research funder promises broad attack on racial inequality By Paul Basken 1 March