Donald Trump

Washington University in St Louis chancellor warns that universities need to be more self-critical when engaging with politicians

‘Remains to be seen’ whether initial influx of interest in Europe will consolidate into a trend in years ahead, experts say

Academics running modules on US leader must grapple with fast-changing dynamics and the fear of provoking the world’s most powerful man

President has criticised student debt for being too high but his attempts at reform have focused on removing benefits for people doing jobs he disagrees with

Slow departure of researchers for the East has increased as environment in US becomes more hostile

Better support systems needed for scholars facing political threats, according to historian labelled ‘domestic terrorist professor’

Successful research projects in scheme designed to foster collaboration involve 21 US-based grantees, up from 12 in 2024

US climate scientist wins Maddox Prize after highlighting attempts to downplay findings about human-caused warming

Former Canadian opposition leader Michael Ignatieff says no sector secure after what has happened in the US

President unlikely to back down after deadline passes with no takers for controversial deal that many believe would surrender institutional autonomy

Civil liberties champion Nadine Strossen says US universities must unite to fight president’s ‘blatantly illegal’ plan to destroy institutional autonomy

Bosnian-born president of University of Connecticut says her unusual academic career shows how US promotes outsiders like no other country

Other recent departures from Trump’s America include expert on anti-fascism who fled to Spain after receiving death threats

Curtailing competition, reducing waste and drawing more on industry and philanthropic sources seen as ways to fill gaps left by NIH retreat

Promise of preferential treatment in return for fee freeze and student cap latest salvo in president’s ‘ideological’ battle to reshape HE

White House cuts $350 million in grants for minority-serving institutions only to announce $500 million in funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities

New six-figure fee for visa long relied on by Indian nationals changes conversation about study destinations, say experts

Researchers replicate impact of Trump’s cuts on previous decades, identifying steep drop in medical innovations

‘Massive influx’ of cases following killing of right-wing activist represents new stage in campus free speech battle, say critics

Forcing doctoral students to extend their visas after four years could lead them to look elsewhere, experts warn

Decline in perceptions of both the UK and US as welcoming destinations, but UK remains most attractive 

Berkeley academic claims higher education is being used as a weapon to bolster geopolitical rivalries, rather than a force for cooperation

Shooting of high-profile political campaigner on campus could be used as a tool for further attacks on US institutions, say experts

Trump security crackdown risks undermining US collaboration, with China now said to be more concerned with protecting its own research than prying into others

Trump administration’s efforts to restrict voter registration campaigns another sign of top-down interference in campuses, critics say

Trump transparency drive strips complex decisions of their context, scholars warn, amid fears directive will hit minority student numbers

Six US institutions adopt online module that promises to assess civil discourse of potential students but scholars sceptical it will improve campus debate

Donald Trump’s assaults on US science and universities in many ways mirror those previously enacted in Brazil by Jair Bolsonaro. Two years on from the latter’s election defeat, Patrick Jack assesses what the current state of Brazilian science says about how US institutions might fare post-Trump

Network of political appointees at universities and grant agencies will be difficult to dismantle, scholars warn

Some universities shut down initiatives entirely while others try to continue them in different guise but president unlikely to be appeased on hot-button issue, say scholars

Even favourable result for under-fire institution unlikely to quell president’s attacks, experts warn, as Columbia reaches own deal with administration

The government’s £54 million scheme will bring top researchers’ thinking to life, often spinning out into innovative new businesses, says Patrick Vallance

Without foreign research talent pouring into leading US institutions, America will fall further behind in tech race, says former US energy secretary Steven Chu

Trump’s assaults on science in the US present an opportunity that the university would be unwise to spurn, says chancellor candidate Gina Miller

Harvard’s reported deal-making and Penn concessions over trans athletes seen as signs that president’s ‘war’ on higher education has entered new stage

Disappearance of US-hosted data should be ‘wake-up call’ for scientific community, conference hears

Europe has launched a raft of schemes to lure US academics. But as the far right’s power increases across the continent, would-be émigrés could be forgiven for fearing that universities in their adopted homes could also fall victim to Trump-style populist assault. Emily Dixon reports 

As the Trump administration proposes enormous cuts for the US’ world-renowned science agencies, Jack Grove looks into what is driving the attacks beyond political malice – and what, if anything, can be done to plug the huge funding gaps

Early career researchers are most in need of rapid support for work halted by political interference or sudden funding loss, say five scholars

Even in a political climate hostile to diversity, Indigenous people will keep asserting their right to use their languages, say Candace Galla and Madoka Hammine

Macron criticised over €100 million package while ‘underfunding’ higher education at home

Universities hope to build for the future by attracting students disaffected by Trump regime

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen steps up efforts to attract American academics while taking aim at Trump’s ‘miscalculation’ of failing to support research

Unless Trump changes course, US universities will have to live without their historical advantages, say Chris R. Glass, Hans de Wit and Philip Altbach

Last year, US campuses were engulfed by vigorous protests against Israel’s military action in Gaza. Yet now, as the war rages on and the Trump administration cracks down on universities’ freedoms and funding, students are largely silent. What has changed, asks Patrick Jack

Signs that university leaders are more willing to stand up to president come as administration ‘walks back’ some of its extreme policies after facing political realities

European universities urged to review dependence on Amazon, Google and Microsoft as Trump policies expose vulnerabilities

Resistance strategies emerge as White House attempts to make elite universities fall in line

With US academia under siege from the Trump administration, universities elsewhere are contemplating offering ‘asylum’ to disaffected researchers. Here, four former US academics now established abroad reflect on the potential culture shock that awaits US émigrés

Leaked plans for the return of Trump-branded university in Danish territory hailed by MAGA supporters despite academics’ concerns

UK research funders and philanthropists must step up efforts to incentivise disaffected academics to cross Atlantic, says Venki Ramakrishnan

Universities should offer opportunities to US talent because it can ‘prevent fruitful lines of enquiry from being abruptly cut off’, says head of leading European institution

Conditions in many other countries remain far worse. And denuding US institutions of their best researchers is the last thing they need, says Luc Sels

Governments and institutions launch schemes to attract US talent – but budget and anti-internationalisation policy could get in the way, some fear

Removal of researcher who had anti-Trump messages on phone prompts European academics to avoid travelling to the US

Rules designed for adversaries do not help against friends, expert warns, as US grills Australian researchers on DEI, ‘environmental justice’, ‘gender ideology’ and China links

The order does not even claim to alter existing civil rights law, and its stipulations are arguably in contravention of it, says Geraldine Van Bueren

The administration’s hostile edicts on DEI and science funding are sending shock waves through the US’ world-leading higher education system. Here, we present five takes on what is unfolding

Figures suggest demand may have risen after Donald Trump’s election in November

University and government projects relied heavily on American funding put on hold by Donald Trump