Scholarship & Research
Our news, opinion, and advice stories about scholarship and research answer your questions, like:
- What is the latest trend or scandal in your field’s research?
- How can you maximize your research time as a scholar?
- Who are the scholars shaping the work your field?
Newly Updated
The Chronicle is tracking executive orders, statements from Trump, and agency actions that affect higher education, plus legal challenges directed at those measures. Here’s the latest.
Broken Promise
Someday, in the not-so-distant future, Americans may find themselves on the sidelines of science.
Research Expenses
Cancer research is expensive. Here are the price tags.
Dreams Deferred
Budding academics are delaying their graduate studies, continuing them abroad, or forgoing them entirely.
'A Lot Less Complicated'
A small number of colleges have long refused federal funds due to their religious identities or a desire to stay lean. Here’s how they balance their budgets.
The Review | Opinion
The system no longer works for anyone except corporate publishers.
Flip-Flop
In a confusing turn of events, the National Institutes of Health told staff that it would free up some frozen funding to the Ivy League campus — then quickly backtracked.
Policy 'Whiplash'
Scientists and institutions are struggling to navigate new conditions for receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies.
Red-state reticence
Emails obtained by The Chronicle offer a rare and revealing look inside a red-state university’s deliberations over a policy change that would mean stark funding reductions.
