Trouble replicating cancer studies a ‘wake-up call’ for science Inability to begin reruns of experiments highlights the problem of weak methodologies of journal papers, say Center for Open Science director Jack Grove 1月 23日
Will US universities be made redundant by the employability agenda? With student debt escalating and concerns persisting that college graduates are not job-ready, increasing numbers of companies are taking the training of their workers in-house. But where does that leave the higher education sector, asks Paul Basken Paul Basken 1月 23日
Welcome to the job interview, now form a research group Cornell-based centre asks candidates to assemble in teams and submit joint proposals to boost collaboration Ellie Bothwell 1月 22日
Astronomers leave Hawaii with slim hope for big telescope Plans opposed by islanders who consider Mauna Kea to be sacred ground Paul Basken 1月 21日
US regional diversity policies discriminate against students from big cities Apparently benign aspirations have their historical origins in concern about high levels of admission of certain minorities, says Kate Eichhorn Kate Eichhorn 1月 21日
McGill asserts divestment commitment after academic quits University’s leader pledges effective climate response, not ‘symbolic’ actions Paul Basken 1月 20日
Canada’s Arctic university ‘lets north solve northern problems’ Yukon University will offer its own degrees and combine Western and Indigenous approaches to science Ellie Bothwell 1月 19日
Donation rows reignite debate over universities’ gift policies Academics say there has been a shift in guidelines on philanthropy but changes are likely to remain superficial Ellie Bothwell 1月 18日
Berkeley ordered to compensate teaching assistants Arbitrator finds campus unfairly limited hours to avoid having to provide tuition fee benefits Paul Basken 1月 16日
MIT blames Epstein scandal on lack of clear donor policy Institute vows corrective steps but limited sanctions after taking funds from sex abuser Paul Basken 1月 13日
Legal defeats trigger fresh look at US sexual misconduct rules Data suggest US campuses pushed by 2011 policy into tougher line on accused in sex cases, potentially triggering Trump rethink Paul Basken 1月 11日
Academics frustrated by delays in?releasing research data Stanford scholars hope common usage agreements might ease long hold-ups in obtaining corporate and government information Paul Basken 1月 10日