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In high-profile instance of Trump administration crackdown, former Harvard nanoscientist gets leniency as he faces incurable cancer

Elite universities could be doing far more to help disadvantaged students, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides on affirmative action, say makers of Exclusion U documentary

Aiming to deny routine extension of federal debt limit, House conservatives hope to force lower Pell grant upon millions of borrowers

Colleges and universities are providing students more in tuition breaks than they collect, in sign of growing budgetary strains

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

Series of recent shutdowns across the country attributed to shifts in political attitudes and post-Covid technologies

University says attempts to retrospectively change a years-old agreement are about ¡®resolving ambiguities¡¯ around how staff are paid for student consultations

UK¡¯s ¡®European university¡¯ winds down operations at satellite site, blaming rising costs and recruitment challenges

With international students flocking here in record numbers, administrators deny they are enrolling foreigners to ¡®offset¡¯ domestic declines

Former universities minister Lord Johnson of Marylebone says current fee policy is similar to former Labour leader¡¯s plans for free tuition ¨C minus state subsidy

While pundits predicted international woe from border closures, accounts suggest waning domestic demand is doing the damage

¡®Regional differentiation¡¯ could help overcome ¡®horrific gap in educational attainment¡¯, says non-metropolitan network

As inflation soars and funding lags, administrators look for salvation in looming budget

University of Pennsylvania¡¯s pulling of legacy aid seen as sign of embarrassment and potential harbinger of change across US elite

The aspiration is commendable, but the downsides of running short, flexible courses must be considered from the outset, says David Spendlove

Scientific community counts nation¡¯s economic losses from two decades of underinvestment but can¡¯t budge Trudeau government

The bigger they are, the harder they fall, as financial market pendulum swings back

Big reversals in first tranche of financial accounts, as Covid-era investment gains turn into losses

Covid recovery at two-year campuses tied to gains among older students and high school dual programmes, but challenges still await

Jason Wingard agrees to leave after less than two years in charge

Irene Tracey warns that ¡®everybody is suffering¡¯ under the current model

Hate campaign directed towards America¡¯s chief pandemic scientist makes it harder to find permanent leader for world¡¯s biggest research funder

In the absence of domestic fee hikes and full-cost grants, world-class facilities will help maintain international student flows, says Ian Walmsley

No policy initiative within research-intensive universities can be sustainable without researchers perceiving clear added value, says Sari Lindblom

Freezing graduate debt and raising repayment thresholds could disadvantage those who never went to university, Australian departments say

All eyes turn to large and poorly funded state system as it considers further cutbacks, providing clues as to how the US will tackle demographic changes

States, which all need a well-trained workforce to thrive, must contribute more to reducing the cost of public higher education, says Nancy Zimpher

Broad agreement on the impacts of loan repayment arrangements, but less agreement on the remedies

Jeremy Hunt uses spring budget aiming to harness potential of R&D to boost economic growth

Institutions ¡®can no longer afford¡¯ cross-subsidy for research, says Jenny Higham, leader of UUK review of sector funding

Australian move to deny government subsidies to students who bomb out makes things worse for them, and no better for taxpayers

Move may help minimise the need for compulsory redundancies, acting vice-chancellor claims

Ministerial consultation response says maintenance loans will be extended to cover part-time courses for the first time, but signals that significant impact on degree-level courses is unlikely until 2027

As the political currents enter a more favourable cycle, pan-regional institution¡¯s boss looks to begin repair job on ¡®regional¡¯ campuses

Sustainability-linked loans allow universities to make savings for fulfilling climate targets. So why are they so rare in HE, asks Geoffrey McGinley

While analysts fear cost and debt blowout, loan scheme architect says it can work with careful design

Plugging gaps with higher fees paid by students from overseas has allowed institutions to dodge political battles over funding, but it won¡¯t last

Multiple universities pay multimillion-dollar settlements over spring 2020 tuition, as they reach deadline to finish spending federal pandemic relief aid

As NIH pushes for improvement on racial and gender measures, drag attributed to growing segment of non-diverse principal investigators

Small Canadian private university to end classes after this semester, while holding out hope for future revival

Multibillion-dollar industry bouncing back as visa grants and international arrivals surge

Charging students who already have a similar degree could gain traction among politicians tiptoeing around free higher education ahead of April¡¯s elections

Biochemist ends nine-year tenure at Norwich institution after staff pass vote of no confidence

Former head of income and payments was able to cover up his crimes for 30 years

Vice-chancellor warns of cuts to areas such as degree apprenticeships and infrastructure projects if fee squeeze continues

More universities may opt to increase charges if government offers no way out of growing deficits, scholar warns

Union calls for criminalisation of ¡®wage theft¡¯ with jail time for worst offenders

Monthly payments not enough to counter massive rises in cost of living, says students¡¯ union

Eight per cent hit overall but smallest portfolios worst affected, while Harvard and Texas remain out in front

In THE survey, university leaders rebuff unions¡¯ calls for double-digit pay rises as some stress current offer is already unaffordable

Data show wealthy students benefit disproportionately from NZ$200 million annual borrowing holiday

Big Group of Eight institutions got bigger while others suffered, exacerbating ¡®David and Goliath scenario¡¯

Board members of bankrupt Islamic institution accused of laundering more than €1 million and firearms offences

Country¡¯s top policy advisory body calls for project funding to be more generous with fewer constraints, as institutions¡¯ budgets swell

More support and less complex regulation will allow the hybrid qualifications to flourish across more English institutions and sectors, says Dan Lally

Warning of ¡®stranded funding¡¯ as bureaucrats bend the rules of a programme with too many goals

Institution famed for its brutalist campus has paid price for bad luck and bad decisions, staff say

The ¡®sector¡¯ may be able to afford more than the current offer, but many individual universities cannot, says Peter Sloane

Rishi Sunak's plan for mathematics to age 18 would come too late to save many university departments, says Ulrike Tillmann

Enrolment declines also shrink, but inflation and historical patterns cited as reasons for sector to expect danger may be lurking