Experts say the wave in hiring of Title VI staff mirrors a similar surge in the early 2010s, when institutions changed how they respond to Title IX complaints.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Director of the National Institutes of Health says that capping research journals’ open-access fees will help rein in the $19 billion academic publishing industry and bolster scientific debate.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action, the share of college applicants who are Black or Hispanic has risen, while the percentage admitted has declined.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The university courted controversy by slashing programs and laying off both tenured and nontenured faculty members. More spooked professors are leaving in addition to those cuts, but so are key leaders who pushed them.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Critics say a directive to make federally funded research immediately free to the public could violate authors’ copyrights. It could also disrupt the $19 billion academic publishing industry.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
In new research, Yonghong An, Michael A. Williams, and Mo Xiao find that increases in an academic journal’s subscription price and its publisher’s market share leads to fewer article citations, hindering knowledge creation and research collaboration.| ProMarket
