Number of Americans with college but no degree nears 40 million Clearinghouse tally held up as incentive for institutions to encourage returners, while also affirming scale of political dilemma confronting Biden Paul Basken 5月 11日
Digital Universities US: US ‘risks missing out’ on long-term benefits of online learning Virtual tools have unprecedented power to bend teaching towards research-proven ideals, yet opportunity of lockdown getting squandered, MIT experts tell colleagues Paul Basken 5月 11日
Suzanne Fortier: supporting refugees and addressing racism The vice-chancellor of McGill University reflects on her nine years leading one of Canada’s top universities as she prepares to step down Rosa Ellis 5月 10日
Scholars tipped to desert universities if US states ban abortion After leaked version of US Supreme Court ruling, conservative-state universities face prospect of sliding further behind on quality Paul Basken 5月 9日
US military failing to shift funding to minority universities Pentagon fell short on promises to help HBCUs compete for research grants, though institutions see new motivation from foreign tensions Paul Basken 5月 6日
Are corporate interests taking over US higher education? Just as campaigns to promote societal benefit show strength, activists admit setbacks in wider battleground for basic academic freedom Paul Basken 5月 5日
End of affirmative action badly hit medical student diversity Minority public medical school enrolment seen down by more than third in five years in US states that banned racial considerations in admissions Paul Basken 5月 4日
China crackdown ‘hit US scientists’ research quality’ US project leaders with history of China collaboration ‘saw dent to citations’ Simon Baker 5月 4日
US government let Facebook take personal student data Education Department admits data-diverting code in federal aid website, toughening politics for institutional performance monitoring Paul Basken 5月 3日
What Ukraine can teach US colleges about democracy Higher education is key to reassessing who we are as a nation and why we’re tolerating such extreme division and deception, says Vincent Rougeau Vincent Rougeau 5月 2日
US universities used recruitment tool ‘to target white students’ Naviance, available to nearly half of nation’s high school students, admits years of Caucasian filtering for campuses building candidate lists Paul Basken 4月 27日
