Women in STEM have an advantage over men in hiring decisions, researchers found
Despite common claims of sexism in academic STEM, social scientists who surveyed 20 years of scientific literature found little evidence of bias against women. Read more
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Canisius College to gain university status
Per the school, the announcement comes following the expansion of academic programs at Canisius, which petitioned the New York State Education Department Board of Regents for the designation. Read more
Online offerings fuel rapid rise of German private universities
More prepared to pay for education because of innovations in flexible learning, despite demographic shifts that are harming public sector Read more
Melbourne scholar smeared as ‘bot’ as she tries to debunk false Xinjiang claims
A Melbourne scholar was accused of being an elaborate fake account after she posted a series of pro-China messages to her over 3,000 followers. Read more
Should the UK replace journals with a REF repository?
Immediate review of outputs by a REF reviewer could be more efficient, transparent, informative and, above all, fair, says Martin Lang Read more
How the promise of free college doesn’t always help low-income students
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced proudly in August that 100,000 people had applied for her state’s free college program, Michigan Reconnect. But there’s a hitch. Most statewide programs, including Michigan’s, don’t necessarily help the lowest-income students finish or pay for college. Read more
Whatever Happened to MIT and Harvard’s Big EdX Profit?
The two institutions debuted Axim Collaborative, a new nonprofit focused on broadening college access. The new venture offers a bold vision with scant details. Read more
UNC faculty protest proposed state civics requirement as ‘undue interference in university affairs’
673 professors at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) have signed an open letter saying that two education bills in the state legislature “violate the principles of academic freedom and shared governance.” Read more
Attempted punishments of controversial scholars skyrocketed in recent years: report
The number of attempts to sanction scholars for Constitutionally protected speech shot up over the past several years, according to a report recently released by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Read more
Breaking into the all-white academy
Farah Karim-Cooper – one of the UK’s few ethnic minority Shakespeare professors – reflects on being an outsider in a discipline not known for its non-white faces and ponders how diversity can be improved Read more
