Texas rows back on tenure changes but DEI ban voted through Faculty groups say ‘we are already seeing staff and faculty leaving the state’ in response to proposed legislation Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 5月 30日
Berkeley professor admits wrongly claiming to be Native American Elizabeth Hoover faces calls to quit after failing to check family stories about her heritage Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 5月 9日
Early adopters of direct admissions expect record class sizes Practice in which a student creates a portfolio of study preferences and then receives offers helps US colleges boost size and diversity of new intake Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 5月 3日
Students resist returning to campus after Michigan State shooting University leadership attempts to restart in-person operations but students still in mourning say ‘we aren’t ready’ Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 2月 20日
Colleges quietly begin planning for end of affirmative action US Supreme Court widely expected to rule against Harvard and UNC in landmark cases, leading many institutions to start the process for considering what happens next Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 2月 6日
Controversy erupts over final International Baccalaureate results Students and parents despair at disparity between predicted and final scores, with many saying that university places are at risk Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 7月 13日
Trump pledges executive order on campus free speech President issues threat to universities’ federal funding in major speech Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 3月 4日
Applicant ‘told to take DNA test in hope of minority ancestry’ Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University defends lawsuit launched by Princeton graduate its medical school rejected Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 1月 30日
Trump bump? Student numbers rise at US women’s colleges Since the 2016 US presidential election, women’s colleges have been seeing significant gains as more young women embrace #MeToo Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 8月 13日
Concern over allegation of attempted sexual assault at conference Academic tweets about how he stepped in to prevent colleague being attacked Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 6月 25日
Scandal-hit University of Southern California head to step down Max Nikias and senior leaders perceived to have failed to act on misconduct reports Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 5月 29日
US university revokes scholarships after going over budget Fears over international impact of UT Tyler’s decision, with Nepalese applicants hardest hit Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 4月 30日
Lectures still dominant in North American science degrees ‘Conventional lecturing’ accounts for majority of class time on science, technology and mathematics courses in US and Canada Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 4月 3日
Play skewers scepticism about affirmative action in universities Critical acclaim for Admissions, about the experience of a white student and a black student applying to Yale University Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 3月 21日
Family paid $1.5 million to get student into top US university Lawsuit reveals price of consultancy provided to Vietnamese woman by Ivy Coach Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 2月 13日
Academics report harassment at political science conference Eleven per cent of women and 3 per cent of men report inappropriate sexual advances or touching at American Political Science Association meeting Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 1月 2日
Leading gender scholar met with angry protests in Brazil Effigy of Berkeley professor Judith Butler burned outside S?o Paulo conference Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 11月 13日
US presidents concerned by cost of policing free speech disputes University leaders at University of Chicago discussion call for students to be better educated about First Amendment Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 10月 17日
Las Vegas shootings prompt calls for US to fund gun violence studies Congress urged to lift restrictions on gun violence research Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 10月 10日
‘Snowflakes fall everywhere’: when ‘censorship’ comes from the right Chelsea Manning case brings calls in US to acknowledge attempts from right to silence campus free speech Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 9月 20日
Harvard professor rows back on optional attendance policy David Malan had encouraged students to watch video recordings of lectures Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 9月 5日
After Charlottesville, white supremacists target more US campuses Racist protests have been growing in visibility on campuses over the past year Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 8月 14日
Academic concern over plan to inspect airline passengers’ books US proposals spark worry for researchers reading Arabic or foreign language texts, or works critical of the Trump administration Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 6月 27日
Humanities majors in decline in US higher education Number of bachelor's degrees awarded in field down 5 per cent year-on-year Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 6月 5日
