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America’s two-year public colleges are often romanticised as engines of social mobility and the epitome of the educative mission. But one academic has found the reality to be very different, with callous management failing students and staff in equal measure

NSF director Sethuraman Panchanathan highlights need to exploit vast talent beyond the nation’s elite universities

Universities face growing public pressure but this only means their mission is more vital than ever, NYU president Andrew Hamilton tells Rosa Ellis

Head of New York Public Library warns that ‘two-tier’ higher education system is broken and ‘letting kids down’

‘If you are worried about the quality of online teaching, worry about the teaching part,’ says Clay Shirky

Universities should equip students to deal with changing nature of work through broad education, says National Humanities Medal recipient

Celebrated Harvard economist opens THE’s World Academic Summit by showing academia’s top leaders the ways their sector continues to stratify society

Former US central banker who bailed out banks during the 2008 financial crash is recognised for research on bank runs in the 1930s Depression

After spikes in participation in recent polls, students’ role as a key voting bloc is under increased scrutiny in upcoming elections

Critic of Trump would bring extensive academic experience to post steeped in political intrigue

Researcher encourages universities to talk openly about Fomo and the risk it poses to young students

Trailblazers of a molecule linking technique honoured, including one who becomes a laureate for the second time