‘Cite Black Women’ campaign gains momentum Anthropologist uses T-shirts and tweets to highlight under-representation of black women in academia Sophie Inge 1月 22日
US universities hand out degrees with guarantees Shift towards greater accountability comes as Trump administration moves in opposite direction Jon Marcus 1月 21日
Smart people problems: we need to talk about PhD mental health The stressful postgraduate environment often leads not to solidarity but to the impoverishment of research, says Alfredo Cumerma Alfredo Cumerma 1月 20日
Johns Hopkins’ philosophy department receives $75 million gift Donation from investor Bill Miller will create new professorships and provide student support Ellie Bothwell 1月 17日
18 practical steps to help universities better serve Generation Z Mary Visser asks if universities are delivering for people born in the late 1990s Mary Visser 1月 15日
Students defend the future of facts on Wikipedia As part of a US initiative, undergraduates are given assignments to create articles, helping to develop critical appraisal skills Holly Else 1月 15日
US endowment tax ‘could hit 80 universities by 2031’ Economics scholar estimates impact of new excise tax on university endowments Ellie Bothwell 1月 12日
Students ‘more likely to go to female lecturers for favours’ Special requests divert women from more productive activities, study warns Sophie Inge 1月 12日
California’s community colleges: university gateway, economic engine Chancellor of world’s biggest higher education system sees Trump immigration plan as ‘antithesis’ of American values John Morgan 1月 11日
Historians urge PhD students to look beyond academic careers American Historical Association emphasises transferable skills and collaborative research Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 1月 8日
US proposals ‘could shut poorest students out of universities’ New higher education bill would increase cost of university and likelihood of scams, say experts Ellie Bothwell 1月 8日
