North America

Pennsylvanian liberal arts school planning to reduce, and possibly eliminate, adjunct and visiting assistant professor positions, faculty fear

Extensive comparison of course descriptions to actual syllabuses shows persistent silos, with highest cost for science students

At Harvard and beyond, politicised sector sees new battles erupt between students, faculty, donors and lawmakers over attitudes towards Palestinians

Morgan State upgrades security after shooting but proposal to extend barrier proves controversial

Nurturing investigative skills will make for a better democracy – even if it embarasses campus administrators in the process, says Harvey Graff

Test run on more than 300,000 US student applications suggests technology can identify specific personal qualities with little bias

Amid concerns about value for money and the supposed liberal bias of certain humanities and social science subjects, conservative politicians are increasingly intervening in curricular decisions. Do such subjects still have a place at public universities – and who should get to decide, asks Paul Basken

Annual survey of chief technology officers at US institutions reveals concerns about implications of AI but little enthusiasm for spending big on its potential

Animated by both left and right, operations’ right to label themselves ‘university’ or ‘college’ amplify a regulatory danger for US higher education

Award forces US university science to face up to treatment of immigrant woman who worked past demotions and threats to help create life-saving vaccine

Harvard professor Claudia Goldin is third woman to win Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences

Sector organisations warn that country risks brain drain if it does not end stagnation in investment