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Year after a strong boost, agency’s gamble on translational division gets knocked down as part of wider election-year retreat by Congress from federal science spending

University known for politics, piety and scandal penalised for longstanding pattern of hiding reports of sexual abuses and other community safety concerns

Leadership alliances and equity focus set to battle political interference and disillusion with candidates after strong gain in previous presidential poll

Tolerance and respect are still expected, but a new kind of deference to group identity is emerging among students, say Stephen Hawkins and Mylien Duong

Forced by DeSantis order, flagship fires officials but signals dissent and outlines plans to try hiring them back

Companies’ lack of capacity to absorb ideas is big part of picture, says author on paper touted as evidence for economic failure of academic research

Yale and Dartmouth moves to mandate SAT and ACT submissions have long-time opposition alliance getting testy about possible reversals across academia

Cornell University philosopher Kate Manne is calling out the discrimination – often blatant – faced by scholars deemed overweight

Former Republican senator wins praise for energy, ideas and willingness to engage on contentious issues

Ford government offers C$1.3 billion increase for higher education over three years, well short of levels its own expert panel suggested

Board chair gives late husband’s stock to help train doctors in New York’s impoverished Bronx

Another state legislature targets tenure protections and diversity, equity and inclusion programmes after last year’s partisan attacks