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Those forced to surrender their technology at the door show higher rates of comprehension and mindfulness, plus less anxiety

Nation’s largest higher education system gets its first black and Puerto Rican chancellor, in the hope of translating size into prominence and equity, while also stemming demographic declines

But analysis says faculty could become representative of the wider population within three decades if universities make meaningful shifts in hiring

Faculty need to find ways of seizing back the control that’s been wrested from them in the past few decades, says Gayle Greene

Top research universities have long cited their value in growing local economies, but massive graduate student walkout suggests a critical need to better protect the people who make the magic happen

Top provider of basic research funding to US higher education hopes that a narrower set of evaluation criteria will aid black scientists and better retain expert reviewers

Outside experts see potential problems in decades-old papers where Tessier-Lavigne served as a co-author, although any potential responsibility seems far from clear

Leaders should model thoughtful, respectful disagreement and bridge divisions in ideologies, say Teresa Valerio Parrot and Ali Lincoln

Tentative pact covers postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers, but leaves 300,000-student system in turmoil as talks continue with graduate students in teaching and research roles

As tuition discounting hits record rates, nation’s higher education leaders feel need to end confusion over their net prices before lawmakers try to do it

Biggest-ever job action in US higher education reaches third week with hundreds of California professors promising to observe picket lines, and system suggesting it may halt their pay

‘Bit of this and a bit of that’ education more effective training for world of many opportunities, says Kwame Anthony Appiah