The administration¡¯s hostile edicts on DEI and science funding are sending shock waves through the US¡¯ world-leading higher education system. Five US academics give their perspectives
We must rethink higher education¡¯s intellectual mission in terms that transcend Manichaean critiques of the neoliberal university, says Nicholas Dirks
The Elizabeth Magill case notwithstanding, presidents should focus on how conflicts affect the primary mission of their university, says Nicholas Dirks
Resistance to the knowledge generated by science will only be overcome with the help of the humanities. But what can universities do to bridge C.?P. Snow¡¯s famous divide between these fields, which endures to this day?
Senior management has its perks but it also comes with a host of new practical, philosophical, psychological and even physical challenges. Here, seven people who have lived through that fiery baptism tell their tales
In a world transformed, we need a radical new blueprint ¨C for a flexible, less centralised network of scholars and students, says a former Berkeley chancellor
