North America

Moves follow decision by Saudi Arabia to order students back from Canada in diplomatic spat

Universities will have to develop and comply with free speech policy by January

MIT and Yale follow close behind in 2019 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education league table 

Matthew Reisz learns about the social and intellectual trends that are influencing a new campus culture

US lawmakers voting to expand mandatory student loan counselling, despite little expectation of any meaningful dent in ballooning debt levels

Growing influence of Democrat-leaning students attracts attention of Republican lawmakers

Canadian study finds that short-term contracts are ‘discouraging and demoralising’

Controversial companies are pouring millions into academic research – including on how the industry should be regulated

Saint Louis University is latest institution to embrace Amazon-powered technology

Findings based on observation of 587 courses at nine institutions

Reporter Matthew Reisz considers the legitimate concerns – and the sheer sexism – that often greet research among stigmatised groups

Scientists wouldn’t cause unnecessary suffering to humans or animals, so why are they so careless with numbers, asks biostatistician