The erosion of democracy in the U.S. has been a topic of concern in recent years, especially after protesters stormed the U.S ...

The White House froze $790 million of the just over $1 billion Northwestern receives in federal funding on Tuesday, affecting research tied to the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education and ...

I called RFK Jr. an "extinction-level" threat to US biomedical science and public health. That extinction is under way.

Today, universities face their own KT extinction moment. The impactor is not a rock from space, but a technology: artificial ...

Hedge fund billionaire & high-profile political pundit Bill Ackman turned generational wealth into a veritable fortune ...

When John Lennon was murdered on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in December 1980, it was a tragedy that took place in that ...

Four months into the second term of his presidency, Donald Trump has seemingly brought higher education to the center of the ...

Harvard students protested after the White House threatened to revoke​ the university's ability to enroll international ...

Why can Harvard say no to Trump? Because it defied student protests that, if successful, might have provoked a reduction in its endowment.

The legal underpinnings of the administration’s broadsides against universities and schools stretch precedents and cut ...

Protesters gathered on Harvard University's campus Thursday after the Internal Revenue Service, following Trump's suggestion, considered revoking the school's tax-exempt status.