Citation diversity tied to medical research success US NIH finding raises hopes of focused funding, but concerns of bandwagon outlook By Paul Basken 11 October
Dartmouth’s ‘cluster hiring’ move ‘key to attracting top scholars’ President says Ivy League institution is reaping reward of looking past academic silos and selecting staff on ability to tackle external challenge By Ellie Bothwell 10 October
Bad Religion’s Greg Graffin: fellow musicians call me ‘college boy’ The Bad Religion frontman and Cornell University lecturer on combining songwriting and academic research and how universities should respond to far-right extremism By Ellie Bothwell 10 October
Topic choice harms black scientists seeking US research funding Finding illuminates US health agency’s overall avoidance of human-centred research By Paul Basken 9 October
Academics ‘lose a week a year’ to formatting journal papers First analysis of economic cost of manuscript formatting highlights need for more flexibility from publishers, say authors By Jack Grove 9 October
Jail threat for education officials over student debt collection Trump administration defied court order to protect former for-profit students By Paul Basken 8 October
Academics ‘exaggerate achievements’ on CVs Researchers examined a sample of CVs and found that scholarly dishonesty extends to job applications By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 8 October
School student’s physics paper retracted over ‘self-plagiarism’ Senior co-author says he ‘forgot’ to add reference to overlapping paper By Simon Baker 8 October
Staff and students protest Mississippi chancellor choice Flagship campus to be led by educator who advised on hiring and previously worked in schools with segregationist past By Paul Basken 7 October
Student fees and funding ‘key battleground’ in Canadian election Main political parties take different approaches to improving affordability of higher education By Ellie Bothwell 7 October
Financial Sustainability Forum: academics ‘reluctant to help save money’ Funding challenges need cooperative spirit among educators, finance officers say By Paul Basken 4 October
Harvard’s admissions victory likely to offer short-lived relief Ivy League icon praised for defending race-based admissions, but faulted for actual record By Paul Basken 4 October
