Poor-quality presidential searches lead to poor appointments
Relying on search firms and ignoring faculty input is one big reason why incumbencies are shortening and success is becoming rarer, says Harvey Graff
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Talking leadership: Alexander Ping-kong Wai on future-proofing education
The head of Hong Kong Baptist University shares his solution to the rapidly changing jobs market
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Calls to boycott university over detention of Palestinian scholar
Letter by Queen Mary academics is latest to raise concern over plight of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, who was arrested by Israeli police shortly after suspension by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Call to train university staff how to pronounce students’ names
Study concludes that learning how to pronounce students’ names properly should be included in diversity and inclusion policies at universities ‘because it goes to the heart of people’s identities’
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The week in higher education – 25 April 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Your students won’t read any more? Are you sure you’re paying attention?
Simplistic analyses belie the complex evolution of students, instruction, reading practices, college regulations and communications media, says Harvey Graff
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The ‘Caitlin Clark effect’: a method to March Madness?
‘Clarkonomics’ has proved a big boost for local economies wherever the University of Iowa basketballer plays, and experts explain her record-breaking tournament performances have been a slam dunk for...
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Stanford business dean Levin named new president
At moment of political threat, Tessier-Lavigne replacement brings continued white male lineage with reputation for scientific innovation and listening to diverse voices
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Academic publishers and AI do not need to be enemies
Generative AI firms should stop ripping off publishers and instead work with them to enrich scholarship, says Oxford University Press’ David Clark
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OfS should hold firm on 30-day limit for resolving free-speech complaints
Extending England’s proposed threshold for legal recourse would encourage universities to adopt delaying tactics, says Abhishek Saha
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Australian research reforms inch towards approval
Crucial crossbench senators signal support, amid opposition tirades against renunciation of ministerial oversight
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David Womack is keen to learn of any organisations funding innovative research into the use of young children's intuitions of numbers to aid in their mental mathematics. He has carried out similar...
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Alsager Emergency Training College Between 1947 and 1950, the training college was set up to train teachers. Mr J. Collorick is organising a golden jubilee reunion for July 18. Contact: J. Collorick...
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Christine Savva, who is studying for an MA in employment studies and human resource management, is writing a dissertation called "Bullying at work - an investigation and analysis of bullying in...
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Deborah Davies, a part-time masters student in legal practice at the University of Westminster, has undertaken a research dissertation on the legal practice implications of students as consumers of...