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 By Paul Basken 11 May
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 By Paul Basken 11 May
Suzanne Fortier: supporting refugees and addressing racism The vice-chancellor of McGill 51国产视频 reflects on her nine years leading one of Canada’s top universities as she prepares to step down By Rosa Ellis 10 May
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 By Paul Basken 9 May
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 By Paul Basken 6 May
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 By Paul Basken 5 May
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 By Paul Basken 4 May
China crackdown ‘hit US scientists’ research quality’ US project leaders with history of China collaboration ‘saw dent to citations’ By Simon Baker 4 May
US government let Facebook take personal student data Education Department admits data-diverting code in federal aid website, toughening politics for institutional performance monitoring By Paul Basken 3 May
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 By Vincent Rougeau 2 May
Humanities’ share of US postgraduate degrees slumps to new low Population declines and employment shifts key factors, but universities also seen ignoring non-teaching career pathways By Paul Basken 29 April
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 By Paul Basken 27 April
