Donald Trump

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

Yale University joins several other leading research institutions in pausing hiring or spending

Amid ongoing confusion around grant decisions and payments, scholars fear they will not be able to continue with potentially life-saving work

Campuses quiet despite slew of executive orders attacking higher education

US colleges and universities that predominantly serve underrepresented students don’t know where they stand amid new president’s sweeping executive orders

UK society for American studies has funding removed for not complying with US Embassy request on new president’s diversity policies

Even if the department lives to fight another day, putting it under threat will have helped Republicans to ‘flood the zone’ and disorientate opponents, academics say

Scouring funded grant applications for ‘woke’ terminology is ‘chilling’, say top US researchers alarmed by defunding threats

From cancelled guest lectures to disrupted clinical trials, the damage to US science caused by a grant approval freeze is mounting, but further problems lie ahead

White House directive to pause external communications causes chaos at America’s main science funder

But simplicity is hard to produce in a complex world, Australian forum hears

However we feel about the election result, we must strive to make education and democracy protect and nurture one another, says Michael Roth

More attacks on academic freedom, heightened privatisation and possible elimination of Department of Education on agenda following Republican victory

It’s tempting to dismiss the Ohio senator’s attacks on higher education as MAGA rabble-rousing, but he is right in some respects, says Lincoln Allison

Republican front runner lifts from DeSantis playbook in idea for free online alternative to ‘woke’ universities, connecting to concerns on endowments and access

US grant agency hopes to ensure a more scientific approach after years of political battles over risks of China collaborations

DeSantis, in derisive showing at politically battered campus, enacts measure that also ends diversity hiring

After brief term leading NIH’s biggest division, former Harvard surgeon embraced as established talent at time of turmoil

Saint Anselm College says event was part of democratic process but faced condemnation, given former president’s track-record of spreading misinformation

Trudeau administration hardens line on research ties to China, as academics report unsolicited approaches from intelligence agency

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

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

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

Governance strategy by Trump-backing Republican governor held up by national group of university trustees as model to be emulated

Outgoing president laments partisan attacks on academia as he is criticised for handing a major honour to top funder of Ron DeSantis

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

As politicians begin to confront America’s student debt crisis, Charlie Eaton explains how public opinion turned so decisively against the financialisation of US higher education and why full loan cancellation is now on the cards

Jury takes three hours to agree nanoscience expert lied about Wuhan ties to sidestep pressure campaign against binational research partnerships

Two-thirds of eligible college students voted, with Trump-era motivations seen to be generating new political power for campus voices

But about-turn leaves gaps and lingering fears about challenging political power

Long-standing challenge on research disclosures grows more urgent with rising China tensions and anti-Asian discrimination

Aggrieved pro-Trump offshoots rise on campuses, complete with allegedly rigged national leadership election