Texas rows back on tenure changes but DEI ban voted through Faculty groups say ‘we are already seeing staff and faculty leaving the state’ in response to proposed legislation By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 30 May
Berkeley professor admits wrongly claiming to be Native American Elizabeth Hoover faces calls to quit after failing to check family stories about her heritage By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 9 May
Early adopters of direct admissions expect record class sizes Practice in which a student creates a portfolio of study preferences and then receives offers helps US colleges boost size and diversity of new intake By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 3 May
Students resist returning to campus after Michigan State shooting University leadership attempts to restart in-person operations but students still in mourning say ‘we aren’t ready’ By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 20 February
Colleges quietly begin planning for end of affirmative action US Supreme Court widely expected to rule against Harvard and UNC in landmark cases, leading many institutions to start the process for considering what happens next By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 6 February
Controversy erupts over final International Baccalaureate results Students and parents despair at disparity between predicted and final scores, with many saying that university places are at risk By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 13 July
Trump pledges executive order on campus free speech President issues threat to universities’ federal funding in major speech By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 4 March
Applicant ‘told to take DNA test in hope of minority ancestry’ Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University defends lawsuit launched by Princeton graduate its medical school rejected By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 30 January
Trump bump? Student numbers rise at US women’s colleges Since the 2016 US presidential election, women’s colleges have been seeing significant gains as more young women embrace #MeToo By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 13 August
Concern over allegation of attempted sexual assault at conference Academic tweets about how he stepped in to prevent colleague being attacked By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 25 June
Scandal-hit University of Southern California head to step down Max Nikias and senior leaders perceived to have failed to act on misconduct reports By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 29 May
US university revokes scholarships after going over budget Fears over international impact of UT Tyler’s decision, with Nepalese applicants hardest hit By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 30 April
Lectures still dominant in North American science degrees ‘Conventional lecturing’ accounts for majority of class time on science, technology and mathematics courses in US and Canada By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 3 April
Play skewers scepticism about affirmative action in universities Critical acclaim for Admissions, about the experience of a white student and a black student applying to Yale University By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 21 March
Family paid $1.5 million to get student into top US university Lawsuit reveals price of consultancy provided to Vietnamese woman by Ivy Coach By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 13 February
Academics report harassment at political science conference Eleven per cent of women and 3 per cent of men report inappropriate sexual advances or touching at American Political Science Association meeting By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 2 January
Leading gender scholar met with angry protests in Brazil Effigy of Berkeley professor Judith Butler burned outside São Paulo conference By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 13 November
US presidents concerned by cost of policing free speech disputes University leaders at University of Chicago discussion call for students to be better educated about First Amendment By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 17 October
Las Vegas shootings prompt calls for US to fund gun violence studies Congress urged to lift restrictions on gun violence research By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 10 October
‘Snowflakes fall everywhere’: when ‘censorship’ comes from the right Chelsea Manning case brings calls in US to acknowledge attempts from right to silence campus free speech By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 20 September
Harvard professor rows back on optional attendance policy David Malan had encouraged students to watch video recordings of lectures By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 5 September
After Charlottesville, white supremacists target more US campuses Racist protests have been growing in visibility on campuses over the past year By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 14 August
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
Humanities majors in decline in US higher education Number of bachelor's degrees awarded in field down 5 per cent year-on-year By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 5 June
