China’s PhD expansion ‘delays’ graduate employment challenges
Beijing announces plans to expand doctoral programmes in key disciplines and offers more financial aid Read more
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Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Must Leave Harvard After 8 Years. They’re Calling for That to End.
The university’s contingent teachers unionized in the spring. Before they sign their first agreement, they want administrators to stop limiting their contract renewals. Read more
Dutch funder’s grants to ‘flip’ journals to diamond open access
NWO initiative seeks to address concerns about sustainability of free to read, free to publish model Read more
Fraud in academia: How can universities avoid costly litigation?
Where there is money, there is fraud. No corner is free from this specter—not even the hallowed halls of academia. Fraud investigations are on the rise in higher education institutions. Read more
No need to learn ‘dead white dudes’ names’: chemistry lecture at Kennesaw State University
Students studying chemistry at a public university in Georgia were recently instructed that it is unnecessary to memorize the names of various laws named after deceased white, male scientists. Read more
Downgraded or dissolved: What to do when you break-up with your friends
Friendships are a core part of who we are – so what happens to us when they end? Read more
Harvard Faculty Suspended From Library Over Protest
Roughly two dozen faculty members will temporarily lose access to Harvard’s main library following a silent protest in support of students punished for the same reason. Read more
‘New baseline’: UK overseas student enrolment ‘down 26 per cent’
Recruitment bounces back from 52 per cent drop seen in May, with suggestions that market is ‘recalibrating’ to levels last seen in 2022 Read more
Alarm at first fall in disadvantaged students in England reaching university
Proportion of students eligible for free school meals at 15 who progress to higher education falls from 29.2% to 29% Read more
International University Leaders Convene to Discuss Threats to Academic Freedom
Liviu Matei knows firsthand what it looks like when an authoritarian leader seeks to reshape higher education. Read more
