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Female researchers ‘much less likely to get authorship credit’
Lab-by-lab approach determining who gets credit and who doesn’t must be replaced by more comprehensive policies, researchers say Read more
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The rise of the joyless university
College campuses devoid of purpose and community are producing students who are aimless and sad. Read more
Endurance wreck: Nations look to protect Shackleton ship from damage
A 500m perimeter is being implemented to aid the protection of Endurance, the ship famously lost in the Antarctic by explorer Ernest Shackleton. Read more
How students are scrubbing their social media profiles
A new service for students flags inappropriate or offensive posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram so would-be employers can see them in the best possible light. Read more
Dropouts among poor fall to historic lows
China has made efforts to stop poor students from dropping out of elementary and middle schools in the past decade, leaving no child behind and enhancing education equality. Read more
A New College at the University of Maine Worries Faculty
A systemwide college for engineering and computer science aims to address the state’s shortage of skilled workers. But the effort has some faculty worried about the autonomy of their programs. Read more
2022 hardest year ‘in living memory’ to enter UK medical school
Medical school heads say this is the hardest year “in living memory” for A-level students to get a place to study medicine, with several thousand high-achieving applicants left without a place. Read more
Meta board hears over a million appeals over removed posts
Meta's independent system of appeals against its decisions to remove content on Facebook and Instagram had about 1.1 million cases in its first year. Read more
Winning exchange: How the University of Houston keeps producing Fulbright scholars
The Hispanic-Serving Institution is becoming a model for success in getting talented scholars into the program. Read more
China finds new ways to infiltrate American universities as Confucius Institutes close: report
Even though 104 of the 118 Confucius Institutes on American college campuses have been shut down, the Chinese government is finding new ways to infiltrate higher education in the United States, according to a new report by the National Association of Scholars. Read more
