Democrats frustrated as Biden stays cautious on higher education
Half a year into office, moves on student loans, LGBTQ rights and foreign academics counter progressive image
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Loan forgiveness is a poor solution to the US student debt crisis
A one-time fix via executive order – which could be overturned by the next administration – fails both future students and taxpayers, says Avery Davis
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Jisc picks Heidi Fraser-Krauss as next chief executive
Sheffield corporate services head to join UK sector technology body
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Penn president Amy Gutmann tipped as next US envoy to Germany
After 17 years as Ivy League leader, daughter of Holocaust survivor parlays extensive ties to Biden
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China insights will help new UNSW boss, says chancellor
Incoming Australian vice-chancellor no stranger to foreign revenue challenges because he deals with same issues in current job
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German geneticist Maria Leptin appointed next ERC president
New European Research Council president has proven record of innovation and leadership, says European Commission lead for science
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What should we put in the ‘museum of higher education’?
Panellists provide concrete expression of their commitment to cooperative working, ‘values-driven dialogue’ and the courage to speak truth to power
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But is it research? Artists fight for official recognition
Performance can help explore academic questions, say advocates, but the field still lacks full acceptance in the corridors of power and policymaking
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Liverpool professors accuse institution of ‘devaluing degrees’
Letter to council says there has been a ‘deliberate breach’ of university policies in redundancy dispute
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A science superpower still needs business and management research
Funding is declining but business school research is as vital as science to post-pandemic economic recovery, says Zahir Irani
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Self-censorship on China ‘increasingly normalised’
Australian report warns that students and academics alike are learning to stay silent
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Major online players 2U and edX join forces in $800 million deal
Deal will enable for-profit provider 2U to reach almost 40 million learners on edX
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Scotland eyes collaboration for ‘geographic and sector coherence’
SFC sector review set up by Scottish government calls for more strategic approach, but does not advocate nationally planned mergers
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Major gift bankrolls ‘second renaissance’ for Warburg Institute
Ambitious plans should enable research centre to apply its unique insights to ‘contemporary cultural, political and social understanding’