North America

Major union win includes access to arbitration or mediation on discrimination and harassment complaints

Leading providers of university insights and data will reach combined audience of more than 50 million annually

Once a conservative rallying cry, calls to ease protections spread in academia as fast-moving Omicron variant appears less threatening

The pandemic may just push US colleges and universities to do what they should have done a long time ago: reorganise, says Michael Hadjiargyrou

President to leave amid political interference by Republican governor, after strong record of student, faculty and research growth since 2015

Biden administration promises simplification long sought by research universities

In free speech battle, court agrees that university and conservative governor still pose a threat to basic faculty rights

Unequal distribution may explain ‘inequality in scholarly outcomes’ and lead to some areas becoming ‘systematically understudied’

Ontario parliament demands documents over university’s unprecedented bankruptcy, though analysis may turn to realities of bankrolling remote communities

Outside a few elite institutions promising online formats for the coming semester, campus health experts fear monetary strains may overpower medical judgement

Jury takes three hours to agree nanoscience expert lied about Wuhan ties to sidestep pressure campaign against binational research partnerships

Omicron variant amplifying uncertainties, but initial indications suggest federal relief and economic growth may permit another year of post-secondary gains