Conference suspends Google sponsorship after ethics experts’ exit Departures of Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell has prompted academics to ask if they should reconsider links with the technology giant By David Matthews 8 March
Let’s downgrade US college sports and invest in student health The brutal cost-cutting demanded by Covid-19 may finally see intercollegiate athletics cut down to size, says Bruce Svare By Bruce B. Svare 7 March
How homeschooling, a plumber and the pandemic made me a better teacher My plumber made me realise that being just a ‘professional and efficient’ teacher wouldn’t cut it during this time of transition, says Peter Vanberkel By Peter Vanberkel 6 March
Philosopher Martha Nussbaum wins 2021 Holberg Prize Committee praises commitment to ‘making a real and lasting difference’ as well as ‘unquestionable academic eminence’ By Matthew Reisz 5 March
Canadian Nobelists warn country over innovation malaise Top scientists say Canada must provide more fulfilling careers for its science graduates By Paul Basken 5 March
MIT Press to publish monographs open access from?2022 Historic in-house press at Massachusetts Institute of Technology asking libraries for participant fee to enable titles to become publicly available By Jack Grove 5 March
Alumni-led boards ‘key to US universities’ strength’ Researcher argues that universities worldwide should adopt model after finding correlation between alumni governance and ranking position and endowment size By Ellie Bothwell 3 March
International students ‘more likely to choose US’ under Biden Survey finds that country has become more attractive to prospective overseas students since presidential election By Ellie Bothwell 2 March
NIH director ‘truly sorry’ for ‘structural racism’ in funding Health research funder promises broad attack on racial inequality By Paul Basken 1 March
US college trustees must push back on tuition fee increases Too many trustees misunderstand or forget their fiduciary responsibilities and become co-opted by institutional presidents, says James Koch By James V. Koch 1 March
Paul Alivisatos named as next University of Chicago president Berkeley provost must overcome financial challenges back at his alma mater By Paul Basken 26 February
Covid’s drain on US academic science starts raising alarm Toll on younger scientists highlights lack of research-specific pandemic aid By Paul Basken 26 February