MIT digital learning dean quits as edX sale backlash grows Nobel laureate among professors vowing to move courses on to non-profit alternative platform after deal with 2U By Paul Basken 19 July
Limited anti-Asian bias found in US admissions data Georgetown analysis, testing argument of Harvard opponents, sees little ethnic gain from SAT-only metric By Paul Basken 15 July
Canada adds security checks to academic research grant bids Trudeau creates mandatory review ahead of grant awards, aligning nation closer to US in suspicion of China By Paul Basken 14 July
Biden pares back student aid verification requirements Reduction in paperwork demands comes amid a series of administration initiatives to help low-income borrowers By Paul Basken 14 July
Cornel West blasts Harvard’s ‘intellectual bankruptcy’ on way out Leaving after tenure dispute, celebrated black activist professor criticises leadership By Paul Basken 14 July
Did mathematicians really need to stockpile famed Japanese chalk? Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk moves some scholars to near ecstasy but may have lost its rationale in the shift to digital education By Matthew Reisz 14 July
After UNC tenure battle, bigger fights ahead for US colleges Hannah-Jones case points out pathway for wider trustee reform but may just embolden academia’s political enemies By Paul Basken 12 July
Smaller US colleges try big fee cuts to tempt students back Institutions slashing sticker prices by as much as half By Paul Basken 12 July
Standardised tests are the least bad university application metric The University of California’s decision to back away from the SAT and ACT will only further benefit privileged applicants, says Matt Larriva By Matt Larriva 10 July
US university persistence rates slip during Covid Share of freshers returning for sophomore year hit 74 per cent last autumn, 2 percentage points below usual level By Paul Basken 8 July
Research on viruses is essential but can never be risk-free There is still much controversy about whether the virus that causes Covid-19 was released from a laboratory. David Sanders considers the nature of ‘gain-of-function’ research, what it can teach us – and the safeguards we need to put in place By David A. Sanders 8 July
Biden ends Trump effort to limit international student visas Democratic administration had promised a more welcoming attitude but is also balancing scepticism towards China By Paul Basken 7 July
