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Politicians fight Chinese social media platform over security concerns seen as flawed and even risky, but with possible upside for student mental health

Florida’s Trumpian governor has repeatedly attacked the freedom and expertise of the state’s university sector. With the Yale and Harvard graduate widely tipped as the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, should universities nationwide be preparing for more of the same, asks Paul Basken

Former Bank of England deputy governor will replace long-serving president Lee Bollinger

Gay rights champion Robert Wintemute says McGill University’s response to the forced cancellation of his seminar is disappointing

Discovery of classified Biden papers inside university’s Washington office threatens to reverse reputational high from its seemingly prescient political cultivation

Lack of consensus over how to define economic worth of programmes to student and taxpayer hampers education department’s efforts

新调查将该研究领域描述为痴迷于期刊指标的危险案例，尽管首席认证机构承诺将积极提升社会意识

Ever more expensive boilerplate qualifications that may or may not connote genuine expertise are not what the world needs, says Valerie Sartor

Trump administration found by congressional watchdog to have largely abandoned investigative office, while Biden team pressed to fix things quicker

As academia pushes to raise grades and completions among disadvantaged students, San Francisco professor shows value of Bandura, von Bertalanffy and kaizen

Haitian-born DesRoches aims to grow enrolment and diversity, boost research and create new global footprint

Education helps a person escape poverty. It doesn’t directly, in the short run, combat poverty. That requires a wider coalition, says Jonathan Gyurko