North America

Trump-appointed conservative supermajority rules that $400 billion forgiveness plan stretched intent of emergency relief

Academic leaders see grounds for improvement despite Supreme Court ruling, though track record suggests reason for sceptism

Trump-installed conservative supermajority ends decades of precedent that allowed consideration of racial diversity in undergraduate enrolments

Berkeley biologist Randy Schekman tells researchers to stop ‘posting pet photos’ if they want to leave the lab on time

Graduates who can make connections across time and disciplines would be more stimulated, in both the workplace and wider life, says Harvey Graff

While admitting the much-protested model is dead in the US, Dartmouth’s Hanlon leads expert panel in setting out ways that similar language-culture teaching programmes could grow

Charity’s opposition to genetically engineered ‘golden rice’ is immoral given crop’s potential to end hunger, says Sir Richard Roberts

Redevelopment of hospital abandoned since Hurricane Katrina seeks to spin innovation from medical and public health strength

On a bipartisan basis, members of Congress see value in federal government tweaking rules to allow and encourage quicker pathways

The prospect of a Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis run for the White House has enraged many across the sector but others have decided to remain conspicuously silent

Stanford team tallies productivity decline after top global prize – though without assessing benefits of career transition

Overall US recruitment from overseas up 8 per cent at postgraduate level, according to annual survey