Ontario confirms policy tying university funding to free speech Universities will have to develop and comply with free speech policy by January By Ellie Bothwell 7 September
WSJ/THE US College Rankings 2019: Harvard holds on to top spot MIT and Yale follow close behind in 2019 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education league table By Ellie Bothwell 6 September
Jonathan Haidt on a fragile generation of students Matthew Reisz learns about the social and intellectual trends that are influencing a new campus culture By Matthew Reisz 6 September
Bid to warn US students about spiralling debts US lawmakers voting to expand mandatory student loan counselling, despite little expectation of any meaningful dent in ballooning debt levels By Paul Basken 5 September
Voting restrictions target students ahead of US midterms Growing influence of Democrat-leaning students attracts attention of Republican lawmakers By Jon Marcus 4 September
Insecure academic contracts ‘major source of stress’ Canadian study finds that short-term contracts are ‘discouraging and demoralising’ By Ellie Bothwell 3 September
‘Hype’ warning after universities take cryptocurrency cash Controversial companies are pouring millions into academic research – including on how the industry should be regulated By David Matthews 30 August
Virtual assistant Alexa moves into US student residences Saint Louis University is latest institution to embrace Amazon-powered technology By Lindsay McKenzie for Inside Higher Ed 29 August
Prestigious US universities worse at teaching, major study finds Findings based on observation of 587 courses at nine institutions By Anna McKie 29 August
Ethnography: a view from the inside Reporter Matthew Reisz considers the legitimate concerns – and the sheer sexism – that often greet research among stigmatised groups By Matthew Reisz 28 August
Doing harm to data won’t get a reaction, but it will have impact Scientists wouldn’t cause unnecessary suffering to humans or animals, so why are they so careless with numbers, asks biostatistician By John Ross 25 August
Why should ethnic minority students care about Shakespeare? US academics consider how the Bard can be taught to students who may feel he has nothing to offer them By Matthew Reisz 24 August
