The political maelstrom around US universities鈥� handling of pro-Palestinian protests reflects a right-wing campaign that is increasingly challenging higher education鈥檚 autonomy to determine its missions and run its affairs. Yet the sector appears to have no strategy to hold the line. Paul Basken reports
Test of mentoring on thousands of students who left without degrees suggests that bureaucratic attitudes pose daunting barrier to key national policy goal
As the nation heads to 2024 elections, politicians expand the idea of setting aside science dollars for states 鈥� often conservative-leaning 鈥� that can鈥檛 win it on their own