North America

University insists historian Garrett Felber was let go for failing to communicate effectively with department chair

Institutions that want to help their staff have children should focus on the factors that drive postponement, says Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos

Veterinary schools lead campaign protesting regulatory obstacles applied to an array of food-related genomic research

Federal benefit is too big, and former soldiers often choose low-quality institutions, new analysis argues

New book puts ‘deep learning’, meaningful relationships and even spirituality at the heart of proposed new discipline

The quality of universities’ statements in the wake of Atlanta’s mass shooting correlates with their curricula, say Charles Crabtree and Yusaku Horiuchi

New dean at top Canadian school hopes outside perspective can resolve months of protest over behaviours and curriculum

Tributes paid to authority on the American Dream who ‘confounded the supposed dichotomy between the academy and activism’

It is 2041. Knee-jerk politics is conspicuous by its absence and students are willing to actually hear each other. But is this odd spectacle a premonition or just a dream, wonders Jonathan Zimmerman

In first federal court test, Indiana University can keep mandate with exemptions for its on-campus students

Easing of pandemic a moment for many campus presidents to take a break and others to be pushed out

A model for conservative politics in US higher education, Virginia campus seen as reverting to intolerance