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New paper dismantles arguments for higher education’s latest ‘craze’

Analysis using institution-wide cohorts also documents pattern of online courses giving higher grades and worse outcomes

Cintana will ‘accelerate’ existing universities and create ‘start-ups’ around world, taking a share of increased earnings

Conservative Democrat Joe Manchin may play key role in fate of Biden campaign promise

Faculty protests also rise, as institutions weigh staff health against fear of alienating students

At partisan moment, governing regents pursue new processes allowing for firing of tenured faculty

Major delays in embassy processing times suggest State Department is not prioritising issue, lawmakers say

Unanimous decision for York University lets lecturers keep sharing portions of published works with students

Resistance to the knowledge generated by science will only be overcome with the help of the humanities. But what can universities do to bridge C. P. Snow’s famous divide between these fields, which endures to this day?

US president follows higher education associations in condemning Republican bans on public health measures such as vaccination and face coverings

Agreement to waive author fees similar to one with Jisc, which together serve as model for future expansion

Amid silence from universities and protests from Democrats, Biden prosecutors seek new trial for Anming Hu