US student enrolment growth to ‘decline over next decade’ But government data predict that share of black and ethnic minority students on campuses will rise By Ellie Bothwell 24 April
Students must lead the fight for fewer guns on US campuses It’s time for students to step in and end the political stalemate on stopping gun violence on university campuses, says Sarah Kenny By Sarah Kenny 24 April
Black students ‘do better’ at historically black colleges in US Study reveals success of historically black universities when students’ backgrounds are taken into account By Ellie Bothwell 17 April
Move over, Mediterranean: liberal arts course turns to Harlem Reed College responds to student complaints that its flagship module was too white, too male and too Eurocentric By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 16 April
Tweet to gain citations – and include ‘charismatic animals’ Researchers who actively push their papers on social media gain more citations, study finds By Rachael Pells 14 April
Career advice: how to manage a public relations crisis The dawn of the digital age means universities must rethink how they respond to negative headlines, according to a new book By Sophie Inge 12 April
Ivan Davis, 1932-2018 Leading pianist who spent more than four decades at the University of Miami remembered By Matthew Reisz 12 April
Confucius Institute crackdown predicted as global inquiries mount Universities may close centres or be forced to register employees as foreign agents as a result of investigations, say experts By Ellie Bothwell 12 April
Deport, Deprive, Extradite: 21st Century State Extremism, by Nisha Kapoor Laleh Khalili ponders how the eschewing of Muslim suspects’ human rights affects us all By Laleh Khalili 12 April
Healing from Hate: How Young Men Get Into – and Out of – Violent Extremism, by Michel Kimmel Matthew Feldman considers an exploration of the perception of masculinity and its effects on extremism By Matthew Feldman 12 April
Smartest in class: male students ‘overestimate’ intelligence It smacks of affirmations like ‘if you believe it, you can achieve it’, but men’s academic swagger has a dark side By John Ross 5 April
Stop funding research that ignores sex and gender, says expert Stanford's Londa Schiebinger warns that failure to account for differing impact of interventions on men and women is costing lives By Rachael Pells 4 April