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After faculty raised alarm over the board’s delay on the decisions, trustees finally debated and voted by email. A couple of them said they generally opposed tenure.

The Florida Board of Governors decided against confirming Santa Ono as president of the University of Florida in a contentious vote focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

After a series of court losses spurred Trump officials to change course on their international student agenda, they’ve returned with a slate of new and devastating policies.

Even in a political climate hostile to diversity, Indigenous people will keep asserting their right to use their languages, say Candace Galla and Madoka Hammine

The House’s budget would strip Pell Grants from many part-time students. That’s bad news for community colleges.

Proposal to increase money paid by top US institutions fifteenfold could prove to have deeper impact than more headline-grabbing Trump policies

The economist’s surprise victory in April’s election raised hopes of an end to Canada’s crackdown on overseas enrolments. But even as other anglophone nations restrict entry, there is no sign of interest in what many in Canadian HE see as an opportunity to corner the market. Patrick Jack reports

The National Science Foundation says major budget cuts, restructuring and priority changes are designed to build a more robust STEM workforce. But experts say the changes, which include axing education-related programs, will have the opposite effect.

Students fearful of taking trips home or travelling to international events in case they are left stranded amid Donald Trump’s latest crackdown

The Trump administration staged an unprecedented intervention in this year’s Fulbright selection process, rejecting finalists whose research deals with race, gender or climate change.

Even extreme interest in Covid-19 science was not enough to overcome citation loss associated with switching to a different research track, say US economists

International education advocates are raising concerns over the administration’s decision to pause visa interviews ahead of the new policy rollout.