Parents send teenagers off on college tour with ‘Despedida’
Before she left home, Hera’emperatrize “Trize” Gipson gave her three younger siblings a big hug goodbye.
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Elsevier victory over Sci-Hub ‘shows research is corporate asset’
Elsevier’s successful court battle against sites providing unlawful access to millions of journal articles sends a message that publicly funded research has become a “corporate asset and private property”, according to a scholarly publishing expert.
Academic concern over plan to inspect airline passengers’ books
Academics have expressed concern about plans to expand a programme in the US which sees airline passengers asked to remove books from carry-on luggage.
Virginia Tech, community colleges create way for income challenged to become engineers
A number of lower income students will have easier access to Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering thanks to a $5 million grant that will link the university to two community colleges.
Supreme Court Partially Reinstates Travel Ban
Court agrees to hear case, reinstates ban except for foreign nationals -- including admitted students -- “who have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.
British vice-chancellor ‘forced out of Australia’ by visa reforms
A UK-born vice-chancellor has said that he will be forced out of his job in Australia by new visa restrictions in the country.
Old Criticisms, New Threats
Professors are often lightning rods, but many see a new menace to academic freedom in recent physical threats against faculty members who speak out on race and other issues.
Camelot provides the leadership model for new Hereford university
Could King Arthur’s legendary round table provide the secret to university leadership? The head of what will be the UK’s first “greenfield” university in 40 years thinks so.
Driverless shuttle service coming to U-M’s North Campus
Mcity will launch a driverless shuttle service on the University of Michigan’s North Campus beginning this fall.
Academics ‘need new rights to challenge university governance’
Academics need new protections so that they can challenge university governance, a University of California, Los Angeles professor has argued, following a series of incidents in the US where faculty have faced calls for their dismissal for questioning institutional policies they see as threatening free speech.
