The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Last year, 10,000 sham papers had to be retracted by academic journals, but experts think this is just the tip of the iceberg Tens of thousands of bogus research papers are being published in journals in an international scandal that is worsening every year, scientists have warned. Medical research is being compromised, drug development hindered and promising academic research jeopardised thanks to a global wave of sham science that is sweeping laboratories and universities.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Goddard College in Vermont is ending on-campus residency programs and shifting classes to online only, at least for now, the local newspaper Seven Days reported. Declining enrollment and rising operational costs are driving the move, which will be accompanied by an estimated dozen job cuts, the newspaper reported. The shift online is expected to be temporary.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Historian at English Heritage uncovered entry about Thurstan in a service book from Pontefract Priory, which was laid waste during the Reformation Thurstan was one of medieval England’s most influential figures – archbishop of York, founder of monasteries and defender against invading Scots. Now English Heritage has uncovered evidence that Thurstan, who was archbishop from 1114 to 1140, is one of England’s lost saints, in a long-overlooked entry in a 15th-century manuscript.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Higher education’s budget woes are far from over. Within the past two weeks, three major public institutions – each one the flagship university within its state - have announced plans for significant budget cuts, part of a continuing effort to cope with sagging enrollments, inflated costs and stagnant state funding. Here’s a summary of what the three schools – Pennsylvania State University, the University of Connecticut and the University of New Hampshire – have revealed about their budget reduc

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