Harvard expels professor after decades of sexual harassment University promises study of how former vice-provost’s behaviour persisted for so long By Paul Basken 9 May
US House moves to boost education and research spending Initial moves on 2020 budget suggest another reversal of Trump priorities By Paul Basken 9 May
Reviewers change their mind after hearing from ‘peers’ Harvard experiment finds nearly half of academics amended their assessment of a research application after seeing randomly generated ‘expert scores’ By Rachael Pells 8 May
Blackface row opens debate over librarians’ academic freedom Doane University librarian suspended in row over display By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 7 May
Baby boomers back on campus as US universities surf silver wave Retirees are being invited to live and take classes alongside younger students. Jon Marcus reports By Jon Marcus 7 May
US judge protects foreign students over visa mistakes Trump policy expanding long-term bans is set aside and is likely to be ended By Paul Basken 7 May
US universities fear wider application of new endowment tax Elite institutions making last-ditch bid to block multimillion-dollar levy By Paul Basken 4 May
Trump adviser seeks limits to crackdown on foreign scientists Kelvin Droegemeier tells researchers that openness is ‘part of our value system’ By Paul Basken 3 May
Chinese family ‘paid $6.5 million to get daughter into Stanford’ Biggest payment in admission fraud linked to Yusi Zhao, also known as Molly By Paul Basken 2 May
Scholar takes students’ phones and makes them read for four hours David Peña-Guzmán says philosophy undergraduates have enthusiastically embraced experiment designed to ‘reignite their love of attentive reading’ By Anna McKie 2 May
Stanford University Press gets funding reprieve after protests Hundreds of professors had signed petition opposing scrapping of annual subsidy from parent institution By Paul Basken 1 May
US science academy moves to expel sexual harassment perpetrators New policy would allow for removal of members following two-thirds vote of governing council By Paul Basken 1 May
