Data issues help and hinder US colleges seeking global profile
Some US colleges find the ability to harness data plays key role in success or failure of international outreach
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One in five London universities fails to break even
Falling student enrolments and restructuring costs blamed for operating deficits at many universities in the UK capital
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Crowdfunding offers promise for women and junior academics
Study’s authors suggest women are better able to communicate the value of science to score public donations
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Democrats press opportunity to revive US gun research
Federal funding has slowed to a trickle over the past two decades
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Universities urged to rethink support for stammerers
Unhelpful advice often based upon myths, says consultant
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University faces questions over drug manufacturer influence
Tufts reviewing links to the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma
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Queensland signals intent to offer ‘Western civilisation’ courses
Ramsay partnership provides ‘a unique opportunity and substantial uplift in funding’, university leadership says
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TEF metric on graduate earnings ‘reflects distance from London’
Data for English universities seem to show government metric based on salaries is skewed by location
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Think big, celebrated scientist tells new home Down Under
Don’t fixate on funding cuts and market challenges, UK-born star scientist Michelle Simmons tells Australian peers
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Returns for educating students offshore ‘derisory’, says study
Researcher finds that impressive enrolment numbers conceal the tiny profit margins earned by UK universities operating abroad
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How Wikipedia infiltrated academia
Wikipedia should be embraced by universities as an open-access source of information that can be the starting point for deeper research and learning, says John Lubbock
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An exposé of lax publishing standards is not research misconduct
Portland State University’s investigation of a researcher who published hoax papers misses the point of ethical oversight, says Jeffrey Flier
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Recruitment agent data dump ‘won’t tell the whole story’
Increased transparency on provider performance vital as well, representative group tells Australian government
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US mulls ‘stress tests’ for private universities
After enduring tumultuous college closures, Massachusetts mulls forcing private institutions to prove their ongoing viability
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Researchers to get easier access to US government data
Scientific advances expected after new US law requires federal statistics and documents to be published in uniform and open formats