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As their behind-the-scenes work draws partisan attention, agencies that assess institutional quality differ on tactics and fear Biden doesn’t see urgency in unity

Biden's debt forgiveness plan may have been blocked but everyone will suffer if graduates can't afford to spend, says F. King Alexander

Head of world’s biggest testing firm discusses expansion, artificial intelligence and major changes to the TOEFL and GRE 

After losing faculty and students because of partisan DeSantis reforms, campus described as paying recruiters despite federal ban

Academics granted unique access to ‘black box of algorithms’ to explore social media’s influence on 2020 presidential election, but many question if ‘independence by permission’ model can endure

Chance to ensure research has ‘real impact’ in fast-developing country attracting top scholars from abroad, rectors say

After being exempted from Supreme Court ruling on Harvard and UNC, training grounds for Pentagon officers face their own legal threat

ChatGPT creator concedes tool set up to help educators identify when students are using AI in essays does not work properly

Figures published for first time show how refusals vary by continent, as overall rejection rate rises to 31 per cent

After court rejects racial preferences in admissions, biggest US civil rights group presses campuses for corrective pledges

Days after president quits, massive institution alleged to have been part of another high-profile case of political interference

While Marc Tessier-Lavigne has fallen on his sword, the circumstances of his departure point to much deeper problems with scholarly norms and incentives