North America

International students have long been central to American research, innovation and knowledge exchange. Yet today a combination of changing legislation, regulation and attitudes is excluding many and creating a hostile environment for many more, while increasing the administrative burden on universities. Here, three experts consider the costs

Researcher says experiment demonstrates that students mistake benefits of technology for increase in ‘internal ability’ to solve problems 

The Yale Law School professor discusses the ‘sham’ of meritocracy, the damage the idea causes and why elite universities are part of the problem

Too many institutions, however, don’t properly serve them, advocates warn

US governing board bends as pressure builds after California showdown

If a Canadian programme’s success rates are replicated in the US, it must be adopted, says John Banzhaf

Government Accountability Office says number of religious-based hate crimes in universities nearly doubled in eight years

Academy faces challenge of overcoming a sceptical White House and reluctance of some of its members

US president’s visit shows heavy reliance of struggling minority campuses on federal power

Alberta joins Ontario in cutting university funding and hiking tuition fees

Trump education chief resisted aiding students defrauded by for-profit college chain

Repository of research findings to help social scientists see ‘what we’re actually grappling with’