North America

Observers concerned by lack of coordinated effort to tackle populism and its causes

Businessman accused of aiding false charity and buying coach’s house to win sons entry

Covid massively accelerates decline that was already under way, seen as being driven by Trump administration policies

President-elect will have to do more than reverse Trump’s executive orders to rebuild the reputation of US higher education, say experts

There are lessons for academia in the scandal of the pornographer, the fake papyrus and a theologian’s fall, says author

If these unique institutions can become more inclusive, issue-oriented and multidisciplinary, their graduates will be equipped to tackle the 21st century’s multiple crises, say Steven Volk and Beth Benedix

Academics see end of Trump as end of rules deterring global research recruitment

Democrat boost in and around university campuses may help deliver on tuition-free promise

But it’s important for universities and scholars to continue pursuing links as ‘tensions’ will remain, says Harvard academic    

States pursuing new models to overcome old institutional objections

Suzanne Rivera receives both praise and abuse on social media in response to offer but says she will continue to defend rights to assembly and free speech

The popular conception that US academics are uniformly liberal fails to take into account universities’ subject breadth, says John R. Thelin