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Elite universities could be doing far more to help disadvantaged students, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides on affirmative action, say makers of Exclusion U documentary

Aiming to deny routine extension of federal debt limit, House conservatives hope to force lower Pell grant upon millions of borrowers

Fears over reputation and secrecy deal major setback to online US university's once-promising bid for traditional higher ed partner

Purdue University accused of trying to force maths academic to retire after concerns about his Covid-era teaching

Colleges and universities are providing students more in tuition breaks than they collect, in sign of growing budgetary strains

Key Trump adviser warns party backers about the dangers they now face from easier registration and voting processes on campuses

With nation’s top judicial body expected to outlaw efforts to consider race in admissions, student essays held out as alternative means of preserving equity

Governance strategy by Trump-backing Republican governor held up by national group of university trustees as model to be emulated

Protests target wealthy campuses over housing policies and lack of action on crime and community well-being

Series of recent shutdowns across the country attributed to shifts in political attitudes and post-Covid technologies

State Senate has already passed one of three bills that would end tenure, force universities to fire professors who “attempt to compel” certain beliefs, and ban what the legislation defines as diversity, equity and inclusion programming

Outgoing president laments partisan attacks on academia as he is criticised for handing a major honour to top funder of Ron DeSantis