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Experts question whether new National Science Project will have wide impact beyond creating "a few islands of research excellence."

Academics say that, in a break from centuries of tradition, central administration will control it.

How should colleges respond, Brian Whalen asks, to a nationalist outlook that sows deep divisions among people?

Two new government reports look at questions of Chinese government control over Confucius Institutes hosted by U.S. campuses.

As the date for the U.K.'s planned withdrawal from the European Union approaches, universities plan for a "no-deal" Brexit while hoping that won't happen.

At a fictional institution, officials obsess over assessments of research quality, pander to donors and equate educating students with job training.

Shift at Melbourne University Publishing raises question of whether nonacademic books can be used to subsidize academic publishing.

The Oregonian reports on a series of cases in which Saudi students at U.S. colleges were accused of crimes but disappeared before facing U.S. criminal charges. Two senators introduce legislation calling for investigation of Saudi government's role.