Smartest in class: male students ‘overestimate’ intelligence It smacks of affirmations like ‘if you believe it, you can achieve it’, but men’s academic swagger has a dark side By John Ross 5 April
Stop funding research that ignores sex and gender, says expert Stanford's Londa Schiebinger warns that failure to account for differing impact of interventions on men and women is costing lives By Rachael Pells 4 April
Public universities majority funded by tuition in most US states Higher education finance report says states must redress balance of public university funding By Ellie Bothwell 3 April
US research agencies and universities navigate budget ‘shambles’ Delay and unpredictability of spending bill raises questions over the ‘effectiveness’ of increased investment, say policy experts By Ellie Bothwell 1 April
Cheap flights increase research collaboration, study finds Expansion of US carrier associated with increase in partnerships of more than 30 per cent By Rachael Pells 30 March
Saba Mahmood, 1962-2018 Tributes paid to anthropologist who specialised in study of modern Egypt By Matthew Reisz 29 March
Students protest plans to cut humanities at Wisconsin campus University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point proposes to eliminate 13 arts majors to manage deficit of $4.5 million (?3.2 million) over two years By Ellie Bothwell 27 March
Professor apologises as ‘white engineers’ email falls flat Binghamton University, State University of New York academic’s response to fundraising dinner invitation for National Society of Black Engineers branded ‘deeply offensive’ By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 26 March
‘No educational advantage’ from gruelling intern shifts While supervisors say protracted shifts are a crucial part of medical education, new research finds no benefit By John Ross 21 March
Play skewers scepticism about affirmative action in universities Critical acclaim for Admissions, about the experience of a white student and a black student applying to Yale University By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 21 March
MENA Universities Summit: lecturers must teach students ‘how to imagine’ University of Waterloo president says modern universities must combine research and creativity By Ellie Bothwell 20 March
US state funding in flux: universities’ strategies for survival Institutions in many states are facing large funding cuts, although some have received a boost in income By Ellie Bothwell 18 March