Academic family trees: valuable insights or vanity project? Researchers who trace links between academic supervisors and students claim that it can help to shed light on the nature of mentoring By Robert Hart 7 February
Professor suspended for using N-word in class discussion The case of Phillip Adamo, an academic at Augsburg University, provokes debate about the taboos of discussing literature By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 7 February
MIT opts to keep Saudi partnerships after post-Khashoggi review MIT expresses ‘deep sense of revulsion’ over Khashoggi killing but won’t override faculty choice of partners By Paul Basken 6 February
Chicago president feels the chill as immigration curbs bite Automatic green cards for international PhD graduates at US universities could restore America’s ‘competitive advantage’, says Robert Zimmer By Jack Grove 6 February
US universities fall in behind China security warnings Researchers participating in China’s Thousand Talents initiative – aimed at luring scientists back home – urged to quit By Paul Basken 5 February
US officials retreat from ‘provocative’ higher education reforms In what may be a tactical pullback, Trump administration reduces reach of wide-reaching bid to empower for-profit sector By Paul Basken 4 February
US university students see nuance in free speech limits Amid strident debates, undergraduate attitudes reflect expert appeal for case-by-case considerations By Paul Basken 2 February
US universities urged to join global quality debate Colleges warned their declines in foreign students could worsen if they do not pay more attention to global quality deliberations By Paul Basken 1 February
Should plagiarism be a bar to presidency? Joe Biden’s first presidential run was derailed by a scandal over a college law paper. Should he be allowed a second chance, asks Ararat Osipian By Ararat Osipian 31 January
Wearable brain monitor promises to aid distracted students Star Trek-style headset combines electroencephalography sensors with a video camera By Rachael Pells 30 January
Applicant ‘told to take DNA test in hope of minority ancestry’ Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University defends lawsuit launched by Princeton graduate its medical school rejected By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 30 January
Duke academic complains about students speaking Chinese Assistant professor resigns from administrative post after backlash against comments By Paul Basken 28 January
