US dominance on graduate employability ‘overplayed’ Using student population figures puts results of 51吃瓜 University Employability Ranking in context Simon Baker 1月 8日
Research grants on hold as US government shutdown persists Agencies including the National Science Foundation are without funding Paul Basken 1月 7日
Female historians share list of ‘would-be harassers’ Document circulated at annual conference of American Historical Association Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 1月 7日
Democrats unsure how far they can push higher education reform With a renewed share of power, US Democrats promising help for universities and students confront Republicans and themselves Paul Basken 1月 7日
Canada urged to prize human capital over research output Universities should use federal budget boost to help companies keep innovating, not to do it themselves, top science policy expert says Paul Basken 1月 6日
Is US higher education in crisis? Many observers perceive US higher education to be in trouble. They’re missing the big picture, says Steven Brint Steven Brint 1月 3日
University donations: No strings attached? When universities accept donations from entities with particular ideological stances, are they sacrificing academic freedom on the altar of Mammon? Paul Basken 1月 3日
Success with minorities makes Maryland campus a topic of study UMBC’s success in producing black graduates who later earn science doctorates may prove tough to replicate Paul Basken 12月 30日
Migrant academics more prolific than US colleagues but paid less Foreign-born academics outperform US counterparts on numerous productivity measures, analysis shows Jack Grove 12月 29日
US universities prepared to pay high price for sporting success Despite scandal and top-level resignations, University of Maryland system head sees football as being well worth the trouble Paul Basken 12月 27日
The ‘bolus’ model: a better template for internationalisation? Toronto scholars say Ethiopia collaboration has helped reverse brain drain and led to important milestones for country Ellie Bothwell 12月 26日
‘Free college’ movement builds ahead of 2020 US presidential poll Even if tuition-free or ‘debt-free’ higher education cannot be achieved at national level, local reforms are having a big impact Paul Basken 12月 20日
