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A Study Abroad Boycott

A second instructor at the University of Michigan declines to write a letter for a student to study in Israel, citing support for the boycott, and a first professor who refused to write a letter is disciplined. Meanwhile, Israel has detained and ordered the deportation of a U.S. student for her support for the boycott movement.

Did German Catholic Church Get Too Much Control Over Research Study?

Team of scholars uncovered thousands of suspected abusers, but some say they would have found more if not for the limits they accepted on their work.

‘An Unacceptable Breach of Trust’

Editors of book series stop publishing with Springer Nature to protest its acquiescence to Chinese government censorship demands.

New Life for ACICS

Trump administration recommends restoring the controversial accreditor of many for-profits, citing a federal court ruling. Meanwhile, ACICS faces questions about its approval of a Danish business school's degree programs.

Spain's Degree Scandals

Accusations of academic malpractice have forced two resignations and reached the prime minister.

When a Temporary Visa Is More Temporary Than Thought

British academic said she had to leave the country after Johns Hopkins declined to submit an application to renew her H-1B visa due to perceived likelihood of denial.

Ignoring Developing Countries

Outside of medicine, collaboration between research elites and poor nations is limited, study finds.

The Right to a Recommendation?

University of Michigan professor refuses to write on behalf of student hoping to study in Israel. Are such letters a professional responsibility or subject to faculty members' political views?