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Biden signalled new approach to scientific engagement with Asian superpower, but scholars say Trump’s China Initiative is continuing under new guises

Just as deans and provosts start to realise their visions, they are often gone, leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces, says Elizabeth Lehfeldt

In ongoing awakening, several large universities act on evidence that marginalised students fare better with greater feelings of community

Clarivate report highlights reliance of US on research collaboration with China in key fields like engineering and technology

In high-profile instance of Trump administration crackdown, former Harvard nanoscientist gets leniency as he faces incurable cancer

New College of Florida governing board assembled by governor refuses faculty-backed professor candidates

Elite universities could be doing far more to help disadvantaged students, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides on affirmative action, say makers of Exclusion U documentary

Aiming to deny routine extension of federal debt limit, House conservatives hope to force lower Pell grant upon millions of borrowers

Fears over reputation and secrecy deal major setback to online US university's once-promising bid for traditional higher ed partner

Purdue University accused of trying to force maths academic to retire after concerns about his Covid-era teaching

Colleges and universities are providing students more in tuition breaks than they collect, in sign of growing budgetary strains

Key Trump adviser warns party backers about the dangers they now face from easier registration and voting processes on campuses