Income-contingent loans ‘could solve US debt crisis’ Current loan system in US puts high repayment burdens on low-earning graduates, says paper By Ellie Bothwell 14 March
Asia Universities Summit: how to forge stronger ties with industry Ahead of the Asia Universities Summit, Feridun Hamdullahpur sets out what you need to consider when carrying out industry-funded research By Feridun Hamdullahpur 13 March
International applications to US universities stall Thirty-nine per cent of institutions report decline in overseas applications By Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed 13 March
Dean warns against ‘politically charged sentiment’ Some scholars at Canadian university say comments ‘infringe on academic freedom’ By Ellie Bothwell 9 March
The week in higher education – 9 March 2017 The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media By THE reporters 9 March
UK government to review BPP status after owner’s sale Institution’s university title and degree-awarding powers to be looked at By John Morgan 8 March
Revised US travel ban ‘cuts off’ university talent pipeline University associations warn new executive order will impact international student and scholar numbers By Ellie Bothwell 7 March
Students shout down speech by controversial US scholar Car carrying Charles Murray attacked at Middlebury College, reports say By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 6 March
Universities: ‘the collateral damage of blood and soil nationalist politics’ The massification of higher education has made it a polarising issue, says Simon Marginson By Simon Marginson 5 March
World-class teaching deserves to be rewarded HEA and THE launch Global Teaching Excellence Award to recognise institutions’ commitment to teaching By Mark Jones 24 February