North America

Situation is ‘driving anxiety and fear on our campuses’, Lawrence Bacow warns top officials

University of Alaska cuts are just the latest example of what is probably the new normal in US political culture, says Ben Trachtenberg

Print versions of Pearson materials will still be available to rent, but students will be discouraged from buying them

The well-known economic and social benefits of higher education have been tossed aside for short-term political gain, says Steven Brint 

UC system looks to job-focused courses to ease budget woes, but critics see erosion of HE as public good

State’s budget crisis seen as highlighting growing doubts about lawmakers’ confidence in the value of knowledge

Widespread talk of free college may give way to tougher institutional measures, conference hears

US’ top producer of research papers hopes stance will force major gains in open access

FBI views academic collaboration with Chinese institutions as ‘sharing with the enemy’, says attorney for sacked geneticists

Despite win, academic acknowledges critics of tactic of rapid-fire attacks on president

The coach, Peter Brand, had accepted high home purchase price from applicant’s father

Only a quarter of biology conferences set rules on attendee behaviour and penalties for misconduct are even rarer, study finds