17 décembre 2017

By Holly Else for Times Higher Education. Zimbabwe’s universities must shed politically tainted leaders and rediscover academic freedom in order to fix the damage done to the country’s higher education system by Robert Mugabe, according to researchers who fled his brutal regime. More...

By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. Germany’s Max Planck Society of research institutes has launched a women-only program of tenure-track positions to improve its gender balance and stop rivals poaching its best female scientists. More...

By Rachael Pells for Times Higher Education. Men are two and a half times more likely to ask a question in an academic seminar than women, according to a major study that offers further explanation of female underrepresentation in science. More...

By Nick Roll. Authors of statistics textbook proudly declared, in a footnote, that no one reads footnotes. Photos of the footnote keep going viral. More...

By Nick Roll. Hiram College, hoping to stay financially and academically competitive, launches overhaul and floats idea -- on hold for now -- of ending some tenure protections. More...

By Nick Roll. Hampshire has kicked a student off campus after it said threats were made and campus safety was in danger. The student’s supporters, noting his autism, say his panic attacks were misinterpreted. More...

By Nick Roll. The resignation comes after a scandal dragged out during the fall semester over the way the university handled cheerleaders who protested during the national anthem before a football game. More...

By Nick Roll. Rapper and Twitter personality Lil B tweeted that he would like to go to college. When you have 1.5 million followers and have released more than 50 mixtapes, that’s the sort of thing colleges notice. More...

By Nick Roll. UC San Francisco is also named in the suit. The university is accused of failing to protect Neeley and others after the alleged harassment was reported. More...

By Nick Roll. Doug Engelman, an adjunct professor at the University of Tampa, was asking students in his sociology course about their different cultural experiences when he spotted Dylan Romero sporting his signature apparel: a do-rag. More...