All eyes turn to large and poorly funded state system as it considers further cutbacks, providing clues as to how the US will tackle demographic changes
As well-connected academic prepares to take the helm at her alma mater’s branch campus, she reflects on the opportunities – and challenges – for the institution and the nation
A year after his ordeal, Chinese American semiconductor specialist Gang Chen reflects on how a 12-month government investigation changed his life and work
After Florida governor installs conservative leadership at small public liberal arts college, students join with Open Society to fight such moves nationwide
As states weigh hundreds of calls to cut gender-related rights, institutions are predicted to face relocations even more extensive than those tied to abortion
Requests to withdraw from less lucrative areas of Europe’s research scheme will delay UK membership and cost universities billions of pounds, warn science policy experts
Using Twitter to call people out has landed Jo Grady in potential legal trouble, but will a combative communications strategy force leaders into making concessions?
Agencies created to help institutions improve themselves, then asked to guard federal student aid, now face fight over battling partisan attacks on academia
Leading US public institution found by news investigation to still hold bones of 9,000 people, most in nation, more than three decades after federal ban
Lengthy government security checks on STEM postgraduates are causing chaos for university research as doctoral candidates go elsewhere, says Russell Group
British professional basketball player turned US professor James Gerard Noel says criticisms of ‘safe spaces’ overlook the emotional vulnerability of black students caused by racism and gun violence
Dutch university can now dismiss Susanne Täuber, who had long accused it of flawed approaches to handling gender equality, discrimination and harassment
Politicians’ recent marshalling of public institutionsfor geopolitical, economic and societal ends has narrowed their room to manoeuvre, according to EUA’sautonomy scorecard