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David McClough reflects on whether higher education should take to the morally higher ground

Universities and their values have been hugely successful in forging a central place for themselves at the heart of the information age. David John Frank and John W. Meyer consider how and why the pandemic might be putting that at risk

Board offering religious, rather than medical, expertise discounts value of NIH projects

Gamble to populate campuses seen as high-risk and not entirely necessary

Survey finds that rates of depression and anxiety more common among low-income, female, ethnic minority, LGBTQ and arts students

After students gather to party, campus moves to online one week into semester

With students just arriving, institutions quickly find parties and outbreaks

University denies favouring black applicants over white and Asian American candidates

University seeks successor with mathematics professor planning to aid in key roles

In ongoing pressure campaign, US cites universities as allowing Beijing propaganda

Institutions defend value of online education despite reduction in charges

Universities and colleges are having to promise physical classes to protect enrolments, says Joseph Guarneri