‘Grave concern’ over NIH’s sweeping foreign research data rules US funder wants overseas partners to share all data and lab notebooks every three months Ben Upton 7月 7日
Big data could help mitigate the affirmative action ban It isn’t perfect, but data and analytics could capture the disadvantages applicants face and the diversity they may represent, says Carlo Ratti Carlo Ratti 7月 7日
‘Holistic’ admissions may struggle to blunt Supreme Court fallout Experts raise concern that US applicants will be forced to spin ‘sob stories’ about overcoming discrimination Jack Grove 7月 5日
‘The fight is not over’ on student debt cancellation – Biden President outlines ‘new path’ towards providing debt relief for as many borrowers as possible Patrick Jack 7月 3日
Supreme Court halts Biden student debt forgiveness plan Trump-appointed conservative supermajority rules that $400 billion forgiveness plan stretched intent of emergency relief Paul Basken 6月 30日
US campuses vow push on racial equity after Supreme Court ruling Academic leaders see grounds for improvement despite Supreme Court ruling, though track record suggests reason for sceptism Paul Basken 6月 29日
US Supreme Court blocks affirmative action in admissions Trump-installed conservative supermajority ends decades of precedent that allowed consideration of racial diversity in undergraduate enrolments Paul Basken 6月 29日
Nobelist: scientific success ‘no barrier’ to work-life balance Berkeley biologist Randy Schekman tells researchers to stop ‘posting pet photos’ if they want to leave the lab on time Jack Grove 6月 29日
US universities should teach a genuinely common core of knowledge Graduates who can make connections across time and disciplines would be more stimulated, in both the workplace and wider life, says Harvey Graff Harvey J. Graff 6月 28日
US academics pitch new Confucius Institute-style partnerships While admitting the much-protested model is dead in the US, Dartmouth’s Hanlon leads expert panel in setting out ways that similar language-culture teaching programmes could grow Paul Basken 6月 27日
Nobelist: ‘anti-science’ Greenpeace in ‘crime against humanity’ Charity’s opposition to genetically engineered ‘golden rice’ is immoral given crop’s potential to end hunger, says Sir Richard Roberts Jack Grove 6月 27日
Tulane aims to help New Orleans ‘resurrect jobs pipeline’ Redevelopment of hospital abandoned since Hurricane Katrina seeks to spin innovation from medical and public health strength John Morgan 6月 27日