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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?
Policy 'Whiplash'
By Theo Scheer June 17, 2025
Scientists and institutions are struggling to navigate new conditions for receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies.
Newly Updated
By Chronicle Staff June 16, 2025
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.
Red-state reticence
By Megan Zahneis June 16, 2025
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.
'Really serious questions'
By Francie Diep June 9, 2025
The program’s fate offers one example of how Harvard’s promises to deal with campus antisemitism look on the ground.
Advice
By Rebecca Colesworthy June 5, 2025
An acquisitions editor offers eight tips for marketing-shy academics.
The Review | Essay
By Julianne Werlin May 29, 2025
Ada Palmer re-examines the origins of modernity.
The Review | Essay
By Robert S. Huddleston May 28, 2025
In his new book, David Rieff mourns a lost ideal.
'Life Support'
By Maddie Khaw May 23, 2025
Some foundations are offering much-needed stopgaps for researchers. But that’s not a permanent fix, scientists and advocates say.
A 'Painful' Choice
By Stephanie M. Lee May 21, 2025
HIV scientists were given a choice: eliminate a study of transgender youth or lose a shot to recover a larger series of grants. They chose the former.
The Review | Essay
By Phil Christman May 21, 2025
Paul Elie’s new book revisits a contentious decade.