North America

Move to reject Obama policy seen costing 200,000 borrowers some $11 billion

Professionals must be able to connect with students from different backgrounds, but obsessing about inter-group differences doesn't help, says an anonymous academic

Model of student-driven flexibility and sharing could aid all institutions, course organisers say

Plea, without specific rationale, risks alienating students and political allies

Selective institutions’ claims that they try to help low-income students are ‘hype’, says author of new book on higher education inequalities

Tributes paid to a ‘steely’ dean of undergraduates who helped forge a new generation of leaders

US universities warn against punishment that goes beyond individual visas

The secretary of higher education for the state of New Jersey talks about her path to a career in policy, family history and handling racist attitudes at college

Ocean science’s ‘brute force’ approach is impossible in space. But extraterrestrial necessity may also be the mother of fruitful invention when it comes to probing the alien worlds beneath the terrestrial waves, says Kevin Peter Hand

Former biotech chief cooperating in expanded investigation

Improving remote learning may be smartest move universities can make, quality chief advises

What might a test-optional admissions landscape look like for US higher education? The takeaways from South Korea provide an important lesson, says Stephanie  K. Kim