Permanent expansion of Covid-era waiver on interest payments cheered by student activists but lamented by conservatives as wasteful and by progressives as missed opportunity
Chief higher education lobby group finds decline in share of institutions boosting their overseas outreach, but takes comfort in unexpected areas of growth during the pandemic
Embattled university says nine sitting presidents of top-tier research institutions sought top Florida job – but only if they could be assured of sole finalist status
Seeing racial inequities in system of Republican-controlled legislature appointing campus trustees, state’s Democratic leader sets up commission to press reforms
Ahead of ruling on Harvard and North Carolina cases, conservative majority on nation’s top court makes clear it leans towards ending predecessors’ 2003 approval of racial preferences in college admissions
Changes that pretend scientists do not care about publishing in highly selective journals will end eLife’s crucial role in science publishing, says long-time supporter Paul Bieniasz
Nigerian-born Cornell University professor Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò explains why academia – particularly in Africa – should consider the drawbacks of decolonisation alongside its benefits