Morton Schapiro: campuses must address their own fundamentalism
Book sets out to challenge the simplistic and divisive thinking to be found in disciplines as diverse as economics and literary studies
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‘Nordic’ innovation vision for Scotland backs university mergers
Scotland 2070 authors call for doubling of research spend and for institutional mergers, to boost global clout and innovation focus
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German pandemic law shuts down face-to-face teaching in hot spots
Universities fear ‘emergency brake’ will halt essential medical training and lab work, but in the Netherlands, Denmark and Portugal campuses are reopening
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Students see little benefit from Chinese entrepreneurship drive
Encouraging students to start a business could do more harm than good, researchers say
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Universities can’t rely on early adopters to drive transformation
Online teaching could have been much better if institutions had previously taken a communal approach to digital evolution, says Doug Specht
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Show societal worth of research ‘to preserve academic freedom’
Conference hears argument that freedoms are ‘better achieved’ by maintaining public support for universities
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Billionaire donors ‘increasingly shaping’ the research agenda
Vice-chancellor says philanthropy has been especially transformational in low-income countries
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The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era of Online Romance, by Celeste Vaughan Curington and others
Kalwant Bhopal is impressed by a sobering analysis of how racial attitudes shape even our most intimate interactions
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US universities facing toughened rules on foreign funding
With suggestion that academia profits from ‘slave labour’, senators back new threat to research ties
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Canada budget boosts student aid and biomedical science
Trudeau backs spending despite deep deficit, yet still disappoints academic researchers
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Penn State head: lawmakers at odds with climate-focused students
Politicians emphasising jobs while students want impact, Eric Barron tells THE summit
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US college students battle alumni as they seek racial equity
Advocates of healing find challenge in predecessors with Confederate sentiments
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Australia warns UK over essay mills hacking university websites
UK watchdog calls for universities to commit to tackling essay mills, after Australian agency warns of malware redirecting students to contract cheating sites
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UK parents ‘want children on vocational courses, not degrees’
Polling accompanied by call for Westminster government to set out more details of lifetime learning plans
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Free speech must remain at the heart of UK higher education
Restrictions are rare, but the Russell Group is putting its commitment to the open and rigorous contestation of ideas beyond doubt, says Tim Bradshaw