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As administration awaits court action on blanket loan forgiveness, it promises regulatory change to sharply cut average costs for undergraduate borrowers

Outcry over cancellation of planned post for former Human Rights Watch director

Three months after CBC review finds no basis for claims of native ancestry, prominent figure in law and academia announces retirement and university promises further examination

Former US senator and secretary of state to teach students, help attract global policy thinkers, and boost international engagement with women and youth

Named as founding law dean at High Point University, Mark Martin denies refusing congressional investigators but also keeps quiet about advice to defeated president on day of Capitol building assault

Federal prosecutor declares that prosecutions changed elite university operations, although wealth-based privileges seen as still robust

Researchers analysed data from 45 million papers and 4 million patents over six decades, finding less disruption and more consolidation

Major equity win at elite campus held out as hopeful model for all of higher education, yet social scientist also takes heed of the forces that favour backsliding

Liberal arts programmes should be revamped and rebranded to emphasise the competencies they provide graduates entering the workplace, says Costas Spirou

Returning home to New York, John King envisions a future of top rankings on faculty, employment and equity – while promising his own tactical recalibration

Growth of chapters seen in the 1990s has tailed off, and they are increasingly pushed towards the back

Professor known for statements widely perceived as racist has had low class sign-ups for several years, suggesting campus verdict ahead of formal sanction review