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There is ample opportunity to educate students about the nuances of history, ethics and economics. Why aren’t universities doing so, asks Harvey Graff 

As politicians stage another public hearing to shame academia, university leaders display new level of resistance, joined by students at Harvard and California system

Deep financial dive at top US medical school found less money than expected and leaves some faculty feeling their research accounts were raided to fill gaps

Members of US House issue bipartisan demand for details of private foundation giving $1 million annually using controversial Chinese company’s donations

House education committee, in new front for attacking academia, backs right-wing analysis that alleges political tilt in Truman and Rhodes awards

After nationwide failure to stop their presidents from arresting student demonstrators, college instructors ponder which approaches – and friends – they can turn to

Academic says he has ‘never seen anything like it’ after being told that classroom cameras were being used without his knowledge

Nation’s historically high level of shutdowns and consolidations overwhelmingly remains a private-sector malady, but states showing signs that old certainties may fall away

Mike Lee retires after suspension for ending student encampment by promising to study campus’ investments and halt non-existent academic exchanges

Chief executive of farm company hands historic black college stock he says is worth $237 million but experts believe its real value could be far less

Ideal of student-oriented officers, arising from 1960s-era protests, appears to have lost ground to profession’s more enduring imperatives

Listening to students and engaging activist donors in university affairs in more constructive ways would both help, says Richard Joseph