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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Appointment Would ‘Put Americans at Risk’
Trump’s pick for health and human services secretary aims to disrupt the National Institutes of Health, the country’s top funder of academic research. Doctors and public health officials have condemned the choice.
Legal Team With Ties to Trump Investigating NSF’s ‘Leftist Ideology’
Changing How Higher Ed and Industry Drive Innovation
The partnerships that drive knowledge economies are expanding to include a variety of institutions, businesses and geographies as the need to find new solutions to global problems becomes more urgent.
Republicans Sound Alarm on Research Partnerships With China
A new House committee report claims that some U.S.-China university institutes pose a security threat and suggests the solution lies in a stalled Republican bill.
Republicans Seek to Revive China Initiative
Many education and civil rights advocates are worried the proposed House legislation would justify racial profiling and hinder American science.
Academic Publishers Threatened By Open-Access Expansion
Critics say a directive to make federally funded research immediately free to the public could violate authors’ copyrights. It could also disrupt the $19 billion academic publishing industry.
Researchers Failed to Disclose Foreign Support, DOJ Alleges
Farm Bill Proposals Boost Research Facilities and HBCUs
But a political impasse over SNAP benefits could make the bill impossible to pass, at least in 2024.