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Trailblazing physicist Donna Strickland hopes new institute will tackle waning public trust in science

Covid recovery at two-year campuses tied to gains among older students and high school dual programmes, but challenges still await

Jason Wingard agrees to leave after less than two years in charge

As fierce partisanship silences US academics, a fired leader gets an even bigger job that rewards his resistance

US administrators wary of losing millions in government funding over risky China ties, scholars say

Hate campaign directed towards America’s chief pandemic scientist makes it harder to find permanent leader for world’s biggest research funder

President of ‘leftist hotbed’ Wesleyan University reflects on run-ins with students and controversial efforts to increase intellectual diversity

Executives at private course supply giant provided testimonials to government in their roles as former students

Amid nationwide campaign to restrict LGBTQ rights, head of public institution forbids fundraiser on grounds that drag is ‘misogyny’

Ability of a university to work in flexible, interdisciplinary fashion meant Hopkins researchers could ‘fill gap’ between WHO and governments

All eyes turn to large and poorly funded state system as it considers further cutbacks, providing clues as to how the US will tackle demographic changes

States, which all need a well-trained workforce to thrive, must contribute more to reducing the cost of public higher education, says Nancy Zimpher