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Removing Amy Wax from compulsory courses or revoking her named chair would not contravene her academic rights, says Daniel Carpenter

After firing president for employee affair, top public research university still confronts culture of tolerating abuse and difficult state politics

As administration embarks on writing tough new federal rules, prominent proprietary chain loses transfer agreement in California

College Board promises digital exam will be easier for all and again asserts equity advantages as colleges increasingly abandon its mandatory use

Nation’s top judiciary agrees to question victories for Harvard and North Carolina upholding long-established right to consider race in admissions

A ban on abortion clinics’ use of university-affiliated doctors is a barefaced interference in universities’ hiring decisions, says Edward Halperin

Backing university professors seeking to testify in voting case against state, federal judge compares US conservatives to Chinese dictators

Postgraduate student Xiyue Wang alleges broad failures by university in three-year imprisonment, while experts see more complicated reality

Agreement covers more than 1,000 victims over four decades of campus doctor, just days after university president fired for employee relationship

After years of escalating protests, controversial law professor to face disciplinary process at Ivy League institution

In biennial assessment, NSF analysts admit US still losing ground on many metrics but remaining most likely common partner for breakthroughs

Watching online lectures at faster speeds does not significantly impede understanding and may allow students more time to revise, say researchers