How Santa Ono’s botched appointment became an allegory for a perilous political moment. Read more

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 Read more

A Portland State University professor has been placed on leave and is under investigation after a short video clip circulated on social media of her saying ‘I am Hamas … we’re all Hamas” at an off-campus rally. Read more

Near the end of his New York Magazine cover story detailing more than 18 months of turmoil at Columbia University, writer Nick Summers recounts an embarrassing scene that crisis management leaders of other institutions can learn from. Read more

Small private colleges are working together to lobby against the sweeping budget bill making its way through Congress that would hike taxes on endowments and land with particular force on their institutions. Read more

Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur - in the collection of a Mongolian museum - that they say "rewrites" the evolutionary history of tyrannosaurs. Read more

Nearly the entire scholarship board quit Wednesday in protest of the Trump administration’s intervention in the selection process, which they say was politically motivated and illegal. Read more

The former home secretary said restrictions announced in the recent White Paper will ‘put a squeeze’ on some universities Read more

At least three public universities in Louisiana require aspiring teachers to take “diversity, equity, and inclusion” courses, a conservative think tank recently reported. Read more

In his new book, David Rieff mourns a lost ideal Read more