Political issues complicate hopes for US campus reopenings
Racial awareness mounts, but partisan barriers loom larger
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Big data struggles to show its value for social sciences
Failure to improve predictions compounds concerns over effectiveness, accuracy and racial bias
Beijing warning ‘will have limited effect’ on Australian recruitment
Past advisories have not quenched Chinese students’ thirst for overseas study
Oxford receives £80m donation for new graduate college
Reuben College will open to students in 2021 and focus on interdisciplinary research addressing global challenges
Psychology ‘can help policymakers tap wisdom of crowds’ during crisis
UK government adviser Stephen Reicher argues that the discipline, which often comes under fire, can help in articulating ‘between the social and the individual’
Cheating allegations prompt South Korean online exam rethink
Some of the country’s most prestigious universities may return to in-person exams following newspaper report
More US universities end use of standardised tests in admissions
Caltech suspends requirement for two years while University of Washington commits to long-term shift in entry criteria
Cut UK academic publishing fees by 25 per cent, urge universities
‘Unprecedented’ financial pressure on university budgets should result in reduced subscription charges, says UUK-Jisc group
US colleges welcome Supreme Court rejection of Trump bid to end Daca
Upholding of immigration protections, after challenge led by University of California, means legal relief for about 200,000 students
Australian shake-up ‘greatest hit to humanities in a century’
Government’s proposals are contradictory and will torpedo its jobs agenda, humanities lobby warns
