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Science: Total NSF, NIH Funding Didn’t Plunge in Fiscal 2025
The National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health doled out about as much total grant funding in the recently...
U.S. Remains Leader in Interdisciplinary Science
U.S. colleges and universities lead the world in interdisciplinary science research according to the Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings...
As New Federal Research Funding Resumes, China May Already Be Outspending U.S.
A research advocacy organization says China was projected to outpace America in R&D funding even before Trump retook power. The government shutdown probably didn’t help.
Hundreds of Cancer, Infectious Disease Trials Disrupted by NIH Cuts
More than 380 clinical trials and tens of thousands of participants were disrupted by cuts to grant funding from the...
Judge: Trump Administration Can’t ‘Blanket’ Deny UC New Grants or Demand Payout
A judge ordered federal agencies Friday to end their “blanket policy of denying any future grants” to the University of...
Opinion
The Threat to University Patents
Regulatory uncertainty could freeze university-industry collaborations.
Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press
Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value proposition at a student-centered university.
Berkeley Law Dean Urges Supreme Court to Be ‘Guardrail of Our Democracy’
Erwin Chemerinsky capped this week’s APLU conference by explaining higher ed’s financial vulnerabilities that the Trump administration is exploiting and arguing that the high court needs to “check” the president.