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The $221 million settlement with the Trump administration by Columbia University (and a similar $50 million deal by Brown University) represent a terrible capitulation by these campus leaders.…

Confucius Institutes at universities across England are under threat from new free speech rules, setting off urgent talks between ministers, vice-chancellors and regulators over the fate…

Tim Winton knows what it’s like to be the first in a family to go to university – “what a breakthrough that is, the kind of…

BBCListen to Joe read this articleWhen Imogen arrived at the University of Nottingham in September 2022, she carried with her a letter addressed to the student…

Pressure is mounting on ministers to intervene on behalf of 40 students in Gaza who have been offered full scholarships to study at UK universities, but…

While colleges and universities slow down during summer break, Ahniwake Rose is busy wondering what the fall semester will hold for the nation’s 37 tribal colleges…

In a paradoxical bid to “make America great again,” President Trump and congressional Republicans are pushing to restrict international research collaboration in U.S. higher education. The…

Katrin Bennhold is a senior writer for the Times. Universities are an easy target for right-wing populists. Polls show that a lot of Americans consider them…

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen sharply criticized universities including Stanford and MIT, along with the National Science Foundation, in a group chat with AI scientists and Trump…

UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics from bullying and career-threatening restrictions on their research, according to a report.The report, by Prof Alice Sullivan of…