Would ‘white working-class studies’ help scholars fathom Trump? Law professor says universities struggle to understand the majority of the population who do not have degrees By Matthew Reisz 8 July
International students less likely to accept offers in Trump's US Forty-eight per cent of universities report drop in overseas undergraduate ‘yield’, following election of divisive president By Ellie Bothwell 6 July
US public university heads receive 5.3 per cent pay rise Arizona State University’s Michael Crow was the highest-earning leader in 2015-16 By Ellie Bothwell 6 July
Arthur Bloom, 1928-2017 Leading geomorphologist who spent his career at Cornell is remembered By Matthew Reisz 6 July
Academics ‘fail to change teaching due to fear of looking stupid’ Anthropologist spent more than a year among lecturers to understand why they don’t adopt innovative methods By David Matthews 4 July
US scientists take on Trump at the ballot box Academics standing for election aim to stand up for evidence-based policymaking By Andrew Kreighbaum for Inside Higher Ed 3 July
US universities support students over summer amid travel ban fear Foreign nationals who fear being barred from re-entering country if they go home for break are being supported with accommodation and funding By Jon Marcus 2 July
Funding cuts blamed as blue-skies research ‘collapses’ in Canada ‘Shocking’ shift away from fundamental projects harms country's scientific reputation, says author of report By Holly Else 30 June
Eduard Sekler, 1920-2017 Architectural historian who spent most of his career at Harvard remembered By Matthew Reisz 29 June
Yale president shares vision of an ‘empathetic’ university The inventor of the concept of emotional intelligence explains how the idea can be built into the culture of universities By Ellie Bothwell 29 June
Interview with Ashley Fure We talk about academia as a refuge for artists, curtailed basketball careers, and escaping Michigan’s “shire” with the multifaceted music composer By John Elmes 29 June
Academic concern over plan to inspect airline passengers’ books US proposals spark worry for researchers reading Arabic or foreign language texts, or works critical of the Trump administration By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 27 June