MIT Press to publish monographs open access from 2022 Historic in-house press at Massachusetts Institute of Technology asking libraries for participant fee to enable titles to become publicly available Jack Grove 3月 5日
Alumni-led boards ‘key to US universities’ strength’ Researcher argues that universities worldwide should adopt model after finding correlation between alumni governance and ranking position and endowment size Ellie Bothwell 3月 3日
International students ‘more likely to choose US’ under Biden Survey finds that country has become more attractive to prospective overseas students since presidential election Ellie Bothwell 3月 2日
NIH director ‘truly sorry’ for ‘structural racism’ in funding Health research funder promises broad attack on racial inequality Paul Basken 3月 1日
US college trustees must push back on tuition fee increases Too many trustees misunderstand or forget their fiduciary responsibilities and become co-opted by institutional presidents, says James Koch James V. Koch 3月 1日
Paul Alivisatos named as next University of Chicago president Berkeley provost must overcome financial challenges back at his alma mater Paul Basken 2月 26日
Covid’s drain on US academic science starts raising alarm Toll on younger scientists highlights lack of research-specific pandemic aid Paul Basken 2月 26日
Women rarely among highest paid at elite US universities Non-white women just 2.5 per cent of top earners on most research-intensive campuses Paul Basken 2月 25日
US fraternities blamed for spring semester Covid spikes Repeat of autumn semester outbreaks adds to mounting pressure on Greek system Paul Basken 2月 25日
US campuses still sceptical of Confucius Institutes under Biden Despite new encouragement, campuses that quit under Trump not considering reversals Paul Basken 2月 25日
Gender publication gap ‘largely explained’ by childcare burden Data from study pinpoints first years after childbirth as biggest hit to women’s research productivity Simon Baker 2月 24日
Liberal arts ‘not a priority’ for research universities Canadian college seeking to move away from parent institution after more than 140 years Paul Basken 2月 24日