First-year study abroad gains popularity in US Colleges conclude that international experience too valuable to delay, but also show caution about mandates and size Paul Basken 8月 16日
Harvard demands personal essays from applicants in equity bid As part of Biden-endorsed response to Supreme Court ban on race-based preferences, Ivy League elite requires applicants to describe life experiences Paul Basken 8月 15日
Chicago settles aid-fixing lawsuit In first concession among 17 elite institutions accused of conspiring to limit student assistance, university also agrees to help cases against others Paul Basken 8月 15日
US colleges drop fees to poach students from neighbouring states Amid steep demographic declines, competition replaces cooperation for institutions that rely heavily on local populations Liam Knox for Inside Higher Ed 8月 14日
Christian university granted waiver in sexual harassment case First-ever federal exemption under 1972 anti-discrimination law clears path for Baylor 51国产视频 to escape sanctions from students claiming abuse Paul Basken 8月 14日
Offices of student and academic affairs must call off the turf war The mutual suspicion of autonomous bureaucracies ignores the multifarious needs of living, learning, maturing young people, says Harvey Graff Harvey J. Graff 8月 12日
Biden open access order under threat from Republican budget bill As annual US budget process approaches its crescendo, Republicans try to block order that forbids paywalls on federally funded findings Paul Basken 8月 11日
Female leaders need more support, says ousted Davis chancellor After non-stop controversy and ousting, former chancellor writes book urging better leadership training, especially for women Paul Basken 8月 10日
US universities ‘short-changed’ by industry on research Companies consistently don’t pay full value for medical discoveries in what Bentley study calls a ‘systematic problem’ Paul Basken 8月 8日
Universities ‘overreaching’ in response to affirmative action ban Institutions enact policies that go beyond court ruling due to abundance of caution or as part of ‘politically motivated agendas’ Liam Knox for Inside Higher Ed 8月 7日
US universities must resist pressure to cut gen ed requirements It is easy to be consumed by the daily addressing of students’ needs but, for their sake, faculty need to hold the line, say Colleen Wynn and Elizabeth Ziff Colleen E. Wynn 8月 6日
Urgent investment needed to ‘save Canada’s research system’ Group of leading universities warn lack of funding risks causing a ‘debilitating brain drain’ Patrick Jack 8月 4日