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Baroness Shafik’s appearance before committee, in expected repeat of grilling that led to Harvard and Penn departures, described as not ‘voluntary’

Author of controversial book and journal paper takes up one-year ‘presidential scholar’ post after institutional takeover by allies of Ron DeSantis

After a career spent switching between academia and the White House, Joseph Nye admits that returning to Harvard left him feeling flat

As pressure builds for the University of Idaho to reconsider buying the University of Phoenix, a similar previous deal a thousand miles to the south finds mounting scrutiny

Deal ‘an important step in PeerJ’s evolution’, co-founders say

Year after a strong boost, agency’s gamble on translational division gets knocked down as part of wider election-year retreat by Congress from federal science spending

University known for politics, piety and scandal penalised for longstanding pattern of hiding reports of sexual abuses and other community safety concerns

Leadership alliances and equity focus set to battle political interference and disillusion with candidates after strong gain in previous presidential poll

Tolerance and respect are still expected, but a new kind of deference to group identity is emerging among students, say Stephen Hawkins and Mylien Duong

Forced by DeSantis order, flagship fires officials but signals dissent and outlines plans to try hiring them back

Companies’ lack of capacity to absorb ideas is big part of picture, says author on paper touted as evidence for economic failure of academic research

Yale and Dartmouth moves to mandate SAT and ACT submissions have long-time opposition alliance getting testy about possible reversals across academia