By Doug Lederman. At gathering of university research officers, federal agency officials document foreign governments' efforts to persuade scientists to engage in academic espionage. More...By Doug Lederman. Middle States agency reinstates the Pennsylvania university, citing governor's vow to wipe out tens of millions it borrowed from state university system. More...By Doug Lederman. In his waning days in office, Kentucky governor Matt Bevin did what governors often do: he appointed people with sympathetic viewpoints to university governing boards, to try to shape their policies down the road. More...By Doug Lederman. Federal data show proportion of all instructors who work full-time is rising, even as total faculty workforce contracts slightly. More...By Doug Lederman. Academic institutions, individually and collectively, should take a range of actions to ensure that the research and learning data they produce and collect are used thoughtfully and in ways that protect the institutions and their students and employees, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, or SPARC, says in a new report. More...By Doug Lederman. Henderson State University's Board of Trustees on Thursday approved a plan to merge the Arkansas public university into the Arkansas State University system. More...By Doug Lederman. A federal appeals court, acting on an expedited basis, on Wednesday overturned a lower court judge's injunction that blocked Boston College from suspending a student who had been found by a campus judicial process to have sexually assaulted a fellow student. More...By Doug Lederman. A U.S. Senate subcommittee published a report Monday that explores China's efforts to become the world's dominant research power, in part by targeting -- in ways legal and "extralegal" -- American scientists and U.S. research universities. More...By Doug Lederman. "Student Success" is Inside Higher Ed's new print-on-demand compilation. A copy of the booklet may be downloaded here, free. More...By Doug Lederman. Palomar College, a two-year institution in Southern California, is at "high" risk of insolvency, according to a state review requested by the college, the San Diego Union Tribune reported. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
