Pope’s decree fuels debate in academy on fossil fuel divestment Green encyclical ups pressure on Catholic universities to show moral leadership on climate change. Will more make an ethical shift? By Jon Marcus 9 July
Illuminating manuscripts for the digital age A team at the Uppsala University Library is working to crack the code for digitising handwritten text By Jon Marcus 18 June
Overseas alma maters give, hoping one day to receive International alumni outreach efforts are on the rise as institutions expand fundraising horizons By Jon Marcus 11 June
Denmark moots fair trade-off on gender Sector fine-tunes policies aimed at addressing under-representation of female academics. Jon Marcus reports from Copenhagen By Jon Marcus 4 June
Welcome to Canada – but don’t expect to make friends Nafsa conference hears of figures showing that overseas students’ interaction with locals is more limited than generally assumed By Jon Marcus 4 June
The decline of the Greek empire: US fraternities The male student societies are under pressure like never before. Is it time to shut them down – or can they mend their ways? By Jon Marcus 28 May
Student-consultants: cut-price advice from campuses Those studying at Arizona State and other universities are in demand as firms across the US seek fresh business insights, says Jon Marcus By Jon Marcus 16 April
Philosophy’s forgotten women Project Vox aims to illuminate key female thinkers absent from the discipline’s history By Jon Marcus 9 April
Could Skype boost semesters abroad? The Institute of International Education hopes that 1,000 teachers can help it double the number of Americans studying overseas By Jon Marcus 19 February
Disaster City: where a catastrophe is a good day’s work Emergency services from around the world come to train at the small village with a unique connection to Texas A&M By Jon Marcus 29 January
Will Cuba roll out the welcome mat for US students? American universities review exchange programmes as 50-year embargo ends By Jon Marcus 15 January
US institutions pressed to disclose overseas deaths Activists want universities to report if study-abroad students are killed, injured or victims of a crime By Jon Marcus 1 January
Too many postdocs, not enough research jobs Fears rise in the US that talented early career scientists are being driven out of the sector because of lack of opportunities By Jon Marcus 11 December
Delta State University aims to get its blues mojo working Jon Marcus reports from Cleveland, Mississippi on an institution pinning hopes on a musical heritage By Jon Marcus 27 November
The future of women-only universities Jon Marcus examines the decline of all-female institutions in the West and their rising popularity in the developing world By Jon Marcus 13 November
US researchers protest at rules restricting drone use Lawsuit led by 200 universities over regulations allowing hobbyists to keep rights while academics face virtual no-fly zone By Jon Marcus 4 September
Graduate migration to cities displaces less well-educated The urban dreams of those with degrees are driving up prices in US metropolitan hubs and driving out those with no tertiary education By Jon Marcus 7 August
US calls for no-fee degrees gather momentum Two influential bodies call for free tuition as Tennessee unveils lottery-funded college study By Jon Marcus 17 July
Switch to digital aims to bring the arts out of the Indiana Jones storeroom Digital literacy can enhance humanities research as well as the skill set of graduates By Jon Marcus 3 July
The competing bids for Obama’s presidential library Jon Marcus reports on the Chicago institutions battling it out for the Barack Obama presidential library and museum By Jon Marcus 19 June
Oral history: where next after the Belfast Project? While a legal fight led to the unravelling of promises of confidentiality, some researchers argue that there is a silver lining By Jon Marcus 5 June
Sexual assault cases force US campuses into a ‘delicate dance’ Variable laws and calls for better protection of students have colleges negotiating a minefield of legal and PR issues By Jon Marcus 29 May
‘Pot schools’ crop up as US states relax laws But federal restrictions on cannabis are hampering US research, scholars warn By Jon Marcus 24 April
US academics rally to union standard As lecturers in the UK prepare for the UCU’s marking boycott, US campuses are experiencing a surge of unionisation By Jon Marcus 10 April
