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Scores of North American universities now cover local and national news for an audience running into the millions

Editors of Journal of Controversial Ideas hope to puncture ¡®cancel culture¡¯, but other scholars warn researchers ¡®can¡¯t stop being an accountable moral agent¡¯

Critics complain programmes focus too much on tactics and weapons and avoid cultural diversity issues

Some traditional marketing-focused courses replaced by programmes emphasising environmental studies and social responsibility

US campuses expand courses to tap into passion for organic, small-scale agriculture

Officers draw on expertise from around the world as they deal with protests, extremist speakers and hate crimes

Growing influence of Democrat-leaning students attracts attention of Republican lawmakers

Small colleges are renting out dormitory rooms, licensing coffins and selling their own ketchup

Court rulings make clear that higher education institutions¡¯ responsibilities go further than previously thought

College sport is deeply woven into US culture and commerce. But a long series of scandals has pointed the glare of publicity away from the basketball courts and football fields towards the athletics programmes themselves. Jon Marcus reports

Hate studies grows in importance as a discipline as more universities open research centres