US academy ‘must commit to free speech’ as Republicans lose faith Survey finds majority of Americans on political Right currently believe universities have negative effect on country By Ellie Bothwell 15 July
Study confirms physical proximity drives research collaboration Academics base conclusions on a decade of MIT publications and patents By Matthew Reisz 14 July
Subra Suresh named as next Nanyang Technological University head The former president of Carnegie Mellon University will lead the Singaporean institution from 2018 By Ellie Bothwell 13 July
Patricia Keely, 1963-2017 Cancer expert whose research was shaped by her experience of the disease remembered By Matthew Reisz 13 July
Illinois universities relieved as state gets budget at last Financial uncertainty had forced institutions to cut jobs and courses By Rick Seltzer for Inside Higher Ed 10 July
Would ‘white working-class studies’ help scholars fathom Trump? Law professor says universities struggle to understand the majority of the population who do not have degrees By Matthew Reisz 8 July
International students less likely to accept offers in Trump's US Forty-eight per cent of universities report drop in overseas undergraduate ‘yield’, following election of divisive president By Ellie Bothwell 6 July
US public university heads receive 5.3 per cent pay rise Arizona State University’s Michael Crow was the highest-earning leader in 2015-16 By Ellie Bothwell 6 July
Arthur Bloom, 1928-2017 Leading geomorphologist who spent his career at Cornell is remembered By Matthew Reisz 6 July
Academics ‘fail to change teaching due to fear of looking stupid’ Anthropologist spent more than a year among lecturers to understand why they don’t adopt innovative methods By David Matthews 4 July
US scientists take on Trump at the ballot box Academics standing for election aim to stand up for evidence-based policymaking By Andrew Kreighbaum for Inside Higher Ed 3 July
US universities support students over summer amid travel ban fear Foreign nationals who fear being barred from re-entering country if they go home for break are being supported with accommodation and funding By Jon Marcus 2 July