Canadian medical schools pressed over shortage of family doctors Specialisation is revered and rewarded, leaving teaching institutions wondering – even with a promised federal infusion – how to encourage more generalists Paul Basken 8月 13日
Schill named Northwestern president after Blank’s withdrawal Oregon leader and lawyer to succeed Morton Schapiro this autumn Chris Havergal 8月 12日
Northeastern’s redrawn doctorate seeks to turbocharge diversity University hopes to build more diverse faculty by enriching PhD process with skills typically acquired in prolonged postdoc slog Paul Basken 8月 12日
Delaware ecologist caught in fish research misconduct net As Science retracts a paper by a second James Cook alumnus, critics ask where they learned their craft John Ross 8月 10日
Biden signs major US science spending boost Sparked by fear of Chinese technological competitiveness, Congress acts to double NSF budget with push for applied technology Paul Basken 8月 9日
Live-stream field trips to tackle access issues, says professor First driven by necessity due to the pandemic, broadcasting from ecological sites has many advantages, says academic Tom Williams 8月 9日
US debt freeze feared to be raising risk for new students Long-term halt in loan repayment requirement – while Biden stalls on other protections – undermines key federal accountability method, experts warn Paul Basken 8月 9日
Can troubled campus police forces be fixed? One college says yes After a particularly jarring moment on its fraternity-heavy campus, US institution tries teaching officers about tolerance and listening Paul Basken 8月 9日
My classroom has benefitted from military discipline – and pot plants Teaching English to military professionals who value relationships has been a breath of fresh air, says a former US academic 8月 7日
The college admission essay should be used as a cheating detector Comparing students’ writing abilities in subsequent assignments with this yardstick could help combat contract cheating, says Dave Tomar Dave Tomar 8月 6日
Inspired by NYU, but ex-leader’s novel ‘strictly fictional’ Four decades as professor and campus vice-president, with a stint in Italy, has Robert Berne seeing parallels to global intrigue and prison life Paul Basken 8月 4日
