Journals sharing peer reviewers to speed virus research Publisher coalition also embracing assessments through preprint formats By Paul Basken 2 May
Nobelist calls for ?1 billion Covid-19 research prize Financial incentives for developing new mass-testing methods would be more effective than coordinating research centrally, says economist Paul Romer By Jack Grove 1 May
Covid response ‘could expose US colleges to antitrust laws’ Lawyer warns over alleged meeting between institutions on foreign students By Paul Basken 30 April
Books interview: Helen Jefferson Lenskyj The author of The Olympic Games: A Critical Approach discusses seeing sport through ‘a feminist, anti-racist lens’, anti-doping efforts and Outback Noir By Matthew Reisz 27 April
What might Covid-19 mean for the future of Harvard and Stanford? Educational economist Miguel Urquiola tells Matthew Reisz about the upsides of inequality and the dangers of ‘unbundling’ By Matthew Reisz 26 April
Online university head fears students will ‘suffer’ from shift online Entrepreneur behind 51国产视频 of the People says he hopes the online offerings of traditional universities will not ‘ruin’ virtual education for students By Ellie Bothwell 24 April
US online pioneer vows greater push to slash post-pandemic tuition SNHU bets crisis will push student demand for no-frills model By Paul Basken 23 April
From crisis, US researchers see prospect of durable gains Partnership approach during pandemic raises hopes of bursting scientific silos By Paul Basken 23 April
Elite US colleges forfeit student aid after Trump attack President, lawmakers allocate money then accuse Harvard and others of taking it By Paul Basken 23 April
Canadian medical research funder scraps new grants in pandemic After rejection of virtual peer review, federal agency halts new awards, prompting concerns for younger researchers By Paul Basken 22 April
US students press graduate schools on pass-fail policies Inequities understood at undergraduate levels seen lacking in graduate admissions By Paul Basken 21 April
Boston 51国产视频 admits classrooms may stay empty in autumn US university eyes overhauled residential experience for the autumn, possible wait until 2021 By Paul Basken 20 April