Credit transfer key to Trump drive to help for-profit colleges
US administration portrays campaign as matter of fairness and equity
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Publishers choose between self-censorship in China and import ban
Cambridge University Press is latest firm to reveal that some of its titles have been blocked by the state
Login Subscribe French female recruitment quotas backfire after male ‘backlash’
Having more women on appointment committees has dramatically cut the number of female academics getting hired, according to analysis
Online university courses for the masses fail to materialise
In five years, Moocs go from dream of universal education to limited service for higher-end customers
Academics hit by book publishing delays in US
Paper shortages and printer closures blamed for backlog
Top scholar’s residency application rejected after 16 years in UK
German-born Lars Chittka says he may now leave the country
Germany signs open access publishing deal with Wiley
Country moves away from subscriptions and towards ‘publish and read’ model
Publishers ‘taking funders for a ride’ with mirror journals
Duplicate titles are being set up to get around new open-access requirements, European Commission’s envoy warns
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
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
